Briggs v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that an insurer’s attempt to dilute uninsured motorist coverage through a consent-to-sue clause is an impermissible burden to recover damages
• recognizing that an insurer's attempt to dilute uninsured motorist coverage through a consent-to-sue clause is an impermissible burden to recover damages
• holding that informing insurer of separate tort action against uninsured motorist was sufficient notice
• “if an insurer has been given adequate notice of the proceeding and an opportunity to protect its interests it will it be bound by a judgment against the uninsured motorist”
• many of the same conflicts would exist in the separate action against the insurer as in a consolidated action where the insured and the insurer disagree on the amount of the damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).