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Dohney v. Allstate Insurance Co.

Citations

  • 632 N.W.2d 598
  • 2001 Minn. LEXIS 538
  • 2001 WL 923448

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “the insured still must prove damages greater than the tortfeasor’s policy limit in order to be eligible for UIM benefits”
  • noting that the supreme court is “hesitant to judicially alter the UIM procedures established by the legislature and in the process possibly adversely affect the delicate balance between the rights of UIM insureds and UIM insurers”
  • “UIM benefits only become available if the tortfeasor’s policy limits are less than the actual damages sustained by the injured UIM policyholder.”
  • discussing changes in UIM coverage in No-Fault Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Paul H. Anderson

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