Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Travelers Indemnity Company
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 1971PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
On April 1, 1967, the son of the plaintiffs David F. and Effie Johnson, aged eleven, was struck and killed by an uninsured automobile. The parents had three automobiles, each covered by a separate insurance policy issued by the same insurer. Each policy included Coverage U — Protection Against Uninsured Motorists, with a limit of liability of $5,000 for “each person” in each policy. The boy was an insured under each policy as a relative of the named insured while a resident of the same household.
The insurer is willing to pay a total of $5,000, one-third on each policy, but asserts that its…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. BlumlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1966
- Sturdy v. Allied Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
- Bryant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Stephens v. Allied Mutual Insurance CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Blakeslee v. Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
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