Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. LaSage
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 9, 1978No. 77-297PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Conley Byrd, Justice.
The uninsured motorist policy issued by appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company limits coverage to a hit and run motor vehicle “which causes bodily injury to an insured arising out of physical contact of such vehicle with the insured or with a vehicle which the insured is occupying.” The trial court disagreed with the appellant’s contention that this limited coverage to those situations in which the physical contact was a proximate cause of the injuries and entered a judgment in favor of appellee William LaSage in the amount of $7,500 together with the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Manufacturers Casualty Insurance v. Goodville Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1972
- American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Suburban Service Bus Co. v. National Mutual Casualty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1944
- Basore v. Allstate Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
3Cited by18 opinions
- McCarthy Bros. Co. v. Continental Lloyds Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
- Hisaw v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
- Hartford Fire Ins. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
- Insurance Co. of North America v. DorrisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Downing v. Riceland Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
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