Lambert v. Alfa General Insurance Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that, unlike an insured’s rejection of UM coverage, an insured’s affirmative choice of UM coverage in an amount less than liability coverage need not be made in writing
• written statement signed by insured requesting to change his UM insurance amount was sufficient evidence of insured’s affirmative election to reduce his UM coverage
• unlike an insured’s rejection of any UM coverage, an insured’s affirmative choice of UM coverage in an amount less than liability coverage need not be made in writing
• unlike an insured’s rejection of any UM coverage, an insured’s affirmative choice of UM coverage in an amount less than liability coverage need not be made in writing
• if insurance terms are clear and unambiguous, look to contract alone to ascertain parties intent, but if they are ambiguous, turn to the rules of contract construction, including rule that insurance contracts are read in accordance with insured’s reasonable expectations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).