Legal Opinion
Spain v. Valley Forge Insurance
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1987No. CV 86 0065-PRPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FELDMAN, Justice.
William J. Spain (Spain) and Valley Forge Insurance Company (Valley Forge) petitioned this court to review a court of appeals decision concerning the amount of uninsured motorist (UM) coverage recoverable by Spain. The court of appeals held that Valley Forge is potentially liable under its automobile insurance contract for only $15,000 of a $100,000 limit UM endorsement. This is so, the court reasoned, because of a contractual provision offsetting the available UM coverage by amounts already recovered under the liability coverage of the same policy. Spain v. Valley Forge…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Transportation Insurance Company v. WadeArizona Supreme Court · 1970
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