Legal Opinion

Glen R. Vaught v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 10, 1969No. 19424PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is the validity of a clause in an automobile liability insurance policy stating that automobiles owned by a municipality were not to be included as uninsured automobiles. The trial court held the exclusion was invalid. We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. The plaintiff was involved in an accident in which an automobile driven by him and a vehicle owned by the City of North Little Rock, driven by Joseph Roberts, an employee of the City, collided. The plaintiff instituted a suit against Roberts and recovered a judgment of $8,000. Since neither…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Parish v. PittsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
  2. Gulf American Fire & Casualty Co. v. McNealCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  3. MFA Mutual Ins. Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
  4. Mission Insurance v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Hendricks v. Meritplan InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Mullis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1972
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Hinkel Ex Rel. HinkelNevada Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Higgins v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  5. Doxtater v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972

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