Kritsings v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an injured insured can maintain actions against both a tortfeasor and a UM carrier
• “An injured insured with UM coverage has a tort action against the tortfeasor and a contract action against the UM insurer.”
• “The effect [of the uninsured motorist statute is] to provide an injured insured with compensation equal to that which would have been available had the tortfeasor carried liability insurance in an amount equal to the amount of the injured insured’s [uninsured motorist] coverage.”
• “The effect [of the UM statute] [i]s to provide an injured insured with compensation equal to that which would have been available had the tortfeasor carried liability insurance in an amount equal to the amount of the injured insured’s UM coverage.”
• “The effect [of the UM statute] [i]s to provide an injured insured with compensation equal to that which would have been available had the tortfeasor carried liability insurance in an amount equal to the amount of the injured insured’s UM coverage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).