Legal Opinion

U.S. Specialty Ins. Co. v. Estate of Ward

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 2019No. OP 18-0373PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Justice Beth Baker delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***202¶1 The United States District Court for the District of Montana certified a question to this Court to address the Estate of Darrell L. Ward's third-party claim to stacked liability limits in an aircraft insurance policy that covered multiple aircraft. We accepted the question and have reformulated it pursuant to M. R. App. P. 15(4) as follows:

Is the Estate of Darrell L. Ward entitled to stack the limits of liability coverage for three separate aircraft under the terms of an insurance policy issued to the pilot of an aircraft in which…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hardy v. Progressive Specialty Insurance Co.Montana Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Bailey v. Lincoln General Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2011
  3. Modroo v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Giacomelli v. Scottsdale InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance v. HolemanMontana Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Northland Casualty Co. v. Joseph MulroyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
  2. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Marc Cohodes and Holbrook Holdings, Inc.District Court, D. Montana · 2026

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