Add to ORKGA split of authority exists among the few states which have decided the issue In jurisdictions permitting recovery of punitive damages, uninsured motorist coverage is intended to place the insurer in the shoes of the uninsured tortfeasor. Since the insurer stands in the shoes of the tortfeasor, and since punitive damages could be covered if the tortfeasor had his own insurance, it is illogical to deny the victim punitive damages simply because the tortfeasor is uninsured. Other jurisdictions believe that punitive damages should not be awarded since that award would not operate to punish the tortfeasor and would therefore violate public policy. In Hutchinson v. J.C Penney Casualty Insurance Company, the Ohio Supreme Court held that such reco...
Plaintiff, having recovered a judgment against insured defendant for injuries sustained in an automo...
Plaintiff was seriously injured when an automobile in which she was a passenger collided with anothe...
Plaintiff insured the defendant against loss on his car due to collision, paid its liability when th...
Under an automobile liability policy, the defendant insurer paid the plaintiff, on his judgment agai...
The logic and validity of the public policy argument that to require insurance companies to pay puni...
Except in California, uninsured motorist statutes do not provide for any specified period within whi...
It was the contention of the defendant-appellant insurers that their liability was limited in both i...
Every individual in the United States who purchases and registers a vehicle is involved with the aut...
This Article addresses issues relating to the insurability of punitive damages awards. There is no c...
The appellant, James T. Porter, was involved in an automobile accident in which he and four other pe...
It is not often that a legislative event and a happenstance of life converge almost simultaneously u...
This Note will demonstrate that the Mahler court\u27s decision will lead to inefficient results, bec...
Plaintiff\u27s truck was hit by a tree felled by a logging contractor\u27s employee. The truck was i...
The plaintiff sued the defendant for injuries sustained in an automobile collision and was awarded a...
This article is concerned with the insurance contract that provides this unique coverage and the leg...
Plaintiff, having recovered a judgment against insured defendant for injuries sustained in an automo...
Plaintiff was seriously injured when an automobile in which she was a passenger collided with anothe...
Plaintiff insured the defendant against loss on his car due to collision, paid its liability when th...
Under an automobile liability policy, the defendant insurer paid the plaintiff, on his judgment agai...
The logic and validity of the public policy argument that to require insurance companies to pay puni...
Except in California, uninsured motorist statutes do not provide for any specified period within whi...
It was the contention of the defendant-appellant insurers that their liability was limited in both i...
Every individual in the United States who purchases and registers a vehicle is involved with the aut...
This Article addresses issues relating to the insurability of punitive damages awards. There is no c...
The appellant, James T. Porter, was involved in an automobile accident in which he and four other pe...
It is not often that a legislative event and a happenstance of life converge almost simultaneously u...
This Note will demonstrate that the Mahler court\u27s decision will lead to inefficient results, bec...
Plaintiff\u27s truck was hit by a tree felled by a logging contractor\u27s employee. The truck was i...
The plaintiff sued the defendant for injuries sustained in an automobile collision and was awarded a...
This article is concerned with the insurance contract that provides this unique coverage and the leg...
Plaintiff, having recovered a judgment against insured defendant for injuries sustained in an automo...
Plaintiff was seriously injured when an automobile in which she was a passenger collided with anothe...
Plaintiff insured the defendant against loss on his car due to collision, paid its liability when th...