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· 10/3/1985

Britton v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America

Citations

  • 707 P.2d 125
  • 104 Wash. 2d 518
  • 1985 Wash. LEXIS 1271

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding identical setoff clause to be clear and unambiguous regarding this issue
  • enforcing reducing clause where plaintiff received disability benefits under Washington’s Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Retirement System Act
  • claimant allowed to recover and retain both UIM and Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Retirement System disability benefits
  • UIM is designed to protect people injured on the roadways by drivers whose vehicles are underinsured
  • UIM endorsement, which contained workers’ compensation setoff clause, issued or renewed after effective date of new UIM statute and before accident was void
  • UIM endorsement, which contained workers' compensation setoff clause, issued or renewed after effective date of new UIM statute and before accident was void

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Andersen, Dolliver, Utter, Brachtenbach, Dore, Pearson, Callow, Goodloe, Durham

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