Dairyland Insurance v. Finch
Ohio Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
Appellant Finch challenges the holdings of the courts below, arguing: (1) that the family member exclusionary clause under the policy of insurance in question contravenes specific provisions of the Financial Responsibility Act and is therefore void ab initio; (2) that the subject policy did not contain an in-trafamilial exclusion within the uninsured motorist provision of the policy and, in the alternative, if such an exclusion did exist, it is void as against public policy; and (3) that intrafamilial exclusions serve no valid public policy purpose where a claim is filed by a surviving spouse…
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- Curran v. State Automobile Mutual Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1971
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