Legal Opinion
Lotoszinski v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1982No. 64339, (Calendar No. 2)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fitzgerald, C.J., and Williams, Coleman, and Ryan, JJ.
This opinion was written by Justice Blair Moody, Jr., prior to his death on November 26, 1982. We concur in this opinion and adopt it as our own.
The substantive issue presented in this pre-nofault1 case is whether a person injured in a motor vehicle accident may recover benefits from his or her own uninsured motorist insurance policy when the tortfeasor’s liability insurance policy limits are exhausted by other claimants and the tortfeasor is uncollectible.
Consistent with the unambiguous language of MCL 500.3010; MSA 24.13010,2 we hold…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hallowell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange v. GavinMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- Porter v. Empire Fire and Marine Insurance CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1970
- Simonette v. Great American InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Gorton v. Reliance Insurance CompanySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cossitt v. Federated Guar. Mut. Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Rister Ex Rel. Rister v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Blackburn v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1985
- Blackburn v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1985
- Bryan E Blood v. Richard J SovisMichigan Court of Appeals · 2019
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