Legal Opinion
Silver v. Slusher
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 28, 1989No. 64879PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
The dispositive issue is whether the terms of 36 O.S.1981 § 36361 impose an affirmative duty upon insurers to provide an explanation of uninsured motorist coverage [UMC] to the named insureds as an indispensable precondition for a statutorily effective rejection. We answer in the negative.
Randall and Mikala Silver [insureds or the Silvers] were named insureds of an automobile insurance policy with Farmers & Merchants Insurance Co. [insurer or Farmers], which was purchased in 1975. At that time Mikala Silver rejected uninsured motorist coverage for both her husband, Randall, and…
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