American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Petersen

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining an automobile insurance policy is a contract and is governed by rules applicable to contracts
• “Liability coverage involves third-party coverage and exists as a form of indemnification to protect the insured from paying for damages the insured causes to others.”
• \Liability coverage involves third-party coverage and exists as a form of indemnification to protect the insured from paying for damages the insured causes to others.\
• “[T]he insured has the burden to prove the uninsured motorist was liable and the extent of the damages.”
• sufficient causal connection to use of vehicle where victim was injured jumping from vehicle to avoid further assaults
• “[Uhe mere disagreement by the parties over the meaning of, a term, or perhaps even a disagreement among courts, does not by itself establish ambiguity, although we view the disagreement of courts in this matter as a strong indication of an ambiguity,”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).