Sparling v. Allstate Insurance Company

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding seeking a construction of the uninsured motorist coverage of a policy of automobile liability insurance.

Plaintiff’s decedent met his death by the negligence of an uninsured motorist while he was the occupant of a vehicle owned by the State of Oregon. At the time of his death the state was the named insured of a policy of liability insurance issued by Continental Casualty Company. The policy contained an uninsured motorist provision with limits of $5,000 for each person within a state vehicle who was killed or injured by the negligence of an uninsured…