Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hirose

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• positing that the legislative history indicates that UM and UIM have the same purpose and should be treated alike
• assuming Coast Guard was not under pre-existing duty to rescue, Coast Guard medic’s liability would be same as private physician rendering emergency services
• Coast Guard could not be held liable for ordinary negligence because it was under no pre-existing duty to rescue
• \Our duty in interpreting statutes is to give effect to the legislature's intent which is obtained primarily from the language of the statute.\
• “Our duty in interpreting statutes is to give effect to the legislature’s intent which is obtained primarily from the language of the statute.”
• “under the circumstances of this case, [optional underinsured motorist] coverage, as with [optional uninsured motorist] coverage, was also subject to stacking”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).