Legal Opinion
Bean v. Allstate Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 24, 1979No. [No. 126, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The narrow question presented in this case is whether one who has recovered a judgment in a personal injury suit stemming from an automobile accident may bring a direct action against his judgment debtor’s insurer for the amount that the judgment exceeds the policy limits.
On September 24, 1974 appellant Nellie Juanita Bean was accidentally struck by an automobile owned by Jimmie Delozier Carroll and his wife and driven by David Charles Thompson with Mrs. Carroll’s permission. Mrs. Bean brought a personal injury action against Carroll and Thompson in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Murphy v. Allstate InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Thompson v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Murray v. MossmanWashington Supreme Court · 1960
- Francis v. NewtonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
- Ammerman Ex Rel. Ammerman v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeUtah Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Kranzush v. Badger State Mutual Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
- Maertin v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2002
- Elmore v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
- Brown v. CandeloraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Pixton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Utah · 1991
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