Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Webb

The Maryland Legislature has mandated that every motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued, sold or delivered in this State after July 1, 1975, shall contain coverage in certain minimum amounts "for damages which the insured is entitled to recover from the owner or operator of an uninsured motor vehicle because of bodily injuries sustained in an accident arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of such uninsured vehicle.” 1 Maryland Code (1957,1979 Repl. Vol.), Art. 48A, § 541 (c). That subsection, known as the uninsured motorist law, goes on to provide, inter alia, that any…