Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 2000No. M1997-00042-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 35 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · DrowotaDrowota, J.
in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.
The appellant, Donald E. Griffin, brought suit seeking damages for injuries he sustained when his vehicle was struck from the rear in Maury County by a car driven by Richard Vaughn. After obtaining a judgment against Vaughn in the amount of $225,000, Griffin learned that Vaughn had only $50,000 of liability insurance coverage. Griffin then requested that his uninsured motorist carrier, the appellee Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (“Shelter”), pay the remainder of the judgment up to its policy limit of $100,000. When…
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- Bob Pearsall Motors, Inc. v. Regal Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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