Gentry v. City Mutual Insurance

In these consolidated cases, each plaintiff filed a declaratory judgment action against the defendant, City Mutual Insurance Company, seeking judgment that each was entitled to coverage under the uninsured motor vehicle provisions of the taxicab liability insurance policy issued by the defendant to Checker Taxi Company, and to compel arbitration under the provisions of the policy.

Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment in plaintiff Gentry’s case No. 77-1424 and a motion to dismiss in plaintiff Bray’s case No. 78-488. Both motions were granted and each plaintiff appeals.

The common issue…