Legal Opinion

Kemp v. Allstate Insurance

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 1, 1979No. 14386PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheehy

Defendant Allstate Insurance Company appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff in the District Court, Sec ond Judicial District, Silver Bow County, applying Montana law to two insurance policies, one issued in New York and one issued in Vermont. The court “stacked” uninsured motorist coverages and construed other language in the policies to grant plaintiff a judgment of $200,000 against Allstate. Allstate contends that its liability under the policies is limited to $20,000.

On July 17, 1976, on Interstate 15, near the Montana Street Interchange in Butte, Montana, 19…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Breen v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
  2. Sullivan v. DoeMontana Supreme Court · 1972
  3. In re the Arbitration between Adams & Government Employees InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  4. Davis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Chaffee v. US Fid. & Guar. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Fitts v. Minnesota Min. & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  2. Nationwide Insurance v. GodeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
  3. Tidyman's Manangement Services Inc. v. DavisMontana Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Mitchell v. State Farm InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Dowis v. Mud Slingers, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2005

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