Legal Opinion
Shatzer v. Globe American Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 19, 2001No. 00-0153PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
Merle Shatzer was seriously injured in an automobile collision. He sued both the driver and owner of the other car. After he settled with their insurance companies Shatzer sued his own insurance carrier, Globe American Insurance Company, for underinsured motorist benefits. Globe filed a motion for partial summary judgment seeking a determination the underin-sured motorist benefits should be offset by amounts of private disability benefits Shat-zer received from his employer. The court denied Globe’s motion. Following a trial to the court, Shatzer was awarded damages for loss…
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