Emery Ex Rel. Hietfeld v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

The question in these cases is whether the defendant insurer is liable to the plaintiffs under the uninsured motorist coverage of an automobile liability policy issued to their mother in whose automobile they were passengers when it collided with another vehicle. This question in turn must be answered by determining whether or not the other motorist (the tort-feasor) was uninsured within the meaning of section 60-509.01, R. R- S. 1943. The other motorist did, in fact, have liability coverage in the minimum amounts then required by section 60-509, R. R. S. 1943 (Reissue 1968), i.e., $10,000…