Legal Opinion
Curran v. Progressive Northwestern Insurance Co.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 2001No. S-9311, S-9355PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRYNER, Justice.
I, INTRODUCTION
This case involves insurance claims arising from two vehicular accidents. Sheila Curran was injured in a single-vehicle accident. After declining to bring a claim against the driver or his liability insurer, she made claims under both the driver's and her own underinsured motorist (UIM) policies. Both underinsurers denied her claims, asserting that she had failed to exhaust the underlying liability policy limits as required by statute and the UIM policies. Mark Barnhill was injured in a two-car collision. Barnhill eventually settled with the tortfeasor's…
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