Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. B.L.C. Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 18, 1989No. 71086PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Judge.
This case is concerned with our important policy statutes1 involving transfer of title to motor vehicles (§ 301.210, RSMo 19782), odometer fraud (§§ 407.510 — 407.-555, RSMo 1978 3), and salvage titles (§§ 301.217 and 301.227, RSMo Supp. 1979 4).
On August 13, 1982, a Corvette owned by Beverly Scheerer was inundated by a flash flood, with the water level rising above the dashboard. Following inspection by Ben Hicks Chevrolet the defendant insurer’s adjuster, Bob Eisenreich, undertook to settle with Scheerer for a total loss. The insurer, in the usual course of business, would…
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