Legal Opinion
National Union Fire Insurance v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided April 10, 1997No. 190, 1996PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VEASEY, Chief Justice:
In this appeal, we hold that an individual must be either within a reasonable geographic perimeter of an insured vehicle or engaged in a task related to the operation of the vehicle at the time injuries are sustained in order to qualify as an “occupant” of that vehicle for purposes of Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) and Uninsured Motorist/Un-derinsured Motorist (“UM/UIM”) insurance. Therefore, a police officer, who was responding to a complaint about a suspicious vehicle and who sustained serious injuries when he was struck by that vehicle while standing between 10…
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- International Underwriters, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Delaware, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1982
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