Legal Opinion
Miklas v. Parrott
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 29, 2004No. C4-02-2021PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MEYER, Justice.
The issue before this court is whether a claim for uninsured motorist benefits based on wrongful death must be commenced within the three-year wrongful death statute of limitations or the six-year contract statute of limitations. We are asked to construe the meaning of Minn. Stat. § 65B.43, subd. 18 (2002) requiring . an insured in a claim for uninsured motorist benefits to establish that she is “legally entitled to recover damages” for the harm caused by the tortfeasor. We conclude that the six-year contract statute of limitations applies generally to uninsured motorist…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sahloff v. Western Casualty & Surety Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
- Oanes v. Allstate Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
- Brown v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- Safeco Insurance Co. v. BarcomWashington Supreme Court · 1989
- Glover v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Jamy Hegseth f/k/a Jamy Jager v. American Family Mutual Insurance GroupSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2016
- Jon P. Hanbury, individually and as father and natural guardian of Andrew and Nick Hanbury v. American Family Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
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