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· 3/2/1988

Allstate Insurance v. Graham Ex Rel. Graham

Citations

  • 750 P.2d 1105
  • 106 N.M. 779

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding claimant \was simply not engaged in a transaction oriented to the use of the [covered auto] at the time of the accident\
  • stating that plaintiff was not occupying vehicle because plaintiff “was simply not engaged in a transaction oriented to the use of’ the insured vehicle
  • holding claimant not an occupant, since “not engaged in a transaction oriented to the use of the [insured vehicle],” when engaged in changing the tire on another vehicle
  • holding claimant was not an occupant because she was “not engaged in a transaction oriented to the use of the [insured vehicle],” when engaged in changing the tire on another vehicle
  • testing whether the transaction surrounding the injury was oriented to the use of the covered vehicle in determining “occupancy,” rather than testing physical proximity to the vehicle
  • “We hold that Graham was simply not engaged in a transaction oriented to the use of the 1976 Ford at the time of the accident.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Ransom, Scarborough, Stowers

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