Legal Opinion

Heis v. Allstate Insurance Company

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1968PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, J.

This is an action to recover under the medical payments provision of an automobile insurance policy. The ease was heard by the court without a jury. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment allowing recovery for only a portion of the medical expenses claimed by her and denying her reasonable attorney’s fees.

Plaintiff was insured under defendant’s policy which provided coverage as follows:

“Allstate will pay all reasonable expenses incurred within one year from the date of accident for necessary medical * * * services * * * to or for an insured who sustains bodily injury caused by accident.”

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kopp v. Home Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
  2. American Indemnity Company v. OlesijukCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
  3. Masaki v. Columbia Casualty Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1964
  4. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. StanleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Dutta v. State Farm InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  2. Dockins v. State Farm InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,896 American Universal Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee v. Joe Freeman Pugh and Joan Betty Pugh, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  4. State Surety Co. v. Lamb Construction Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Winter v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2014

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