Legal Opinion
Knipp v. Arizona Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided July 21, 1987No. 2 CA-CV 87-0072PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HATHAWAY, Judge.
The personal representative and surviving beneficiaries in a wrongful death action (the Knipps) filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking a determination that under A.R.S. § 20-667 the maximum obligation of the Arizona Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund (the Fund) is $100,000 for each individual statutory beneficiary. The trial court granted the motion and the Fund now appeals, contending that as a matter of law its maximum exposure is $100,000 per wrongful death action. We agree with the Fund and reverse.
The facts are undisputed. Michael Ray Knipp was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Arizona Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund v. HelmeArizona Supreme Court · 1987
- Christensen v. EpleyOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- Sahf v. Lake Havasu City Ass'n for the Retarded & HandicappedCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1986
- Huebner v. DeuchleArizona Supreme Court · 1973
- Gleason v. City of Oklahoma CityCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
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