Lemars Mutual Insurance Co. v. Joffer

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the test of ambiguity is objection, requiring the court to ask: “Is the language fairly susceptible to two interpretations?”
• holding layperson would not misunderstand exclusion that was “clear and unambiguous”
• enforcing owned-but-not-insured exclusion in UM coverage in automobile policy in which same coverage was provided under insured's motorcycle policy
• enforcing owned-but-not-insured exclusion in UM coverage in automobile policy in which same coverage was provided under insured’s motorcycle policy
• rejecting reasonable expectations doctrine in part due to lack of any evidence that the parties discussed the exclusion at issue so as to create a misunderstanding on the part of the insureds as to their coverage
• collecting and discussing “substantial litigation in Iowa” regarding owned-but-not insured exclusions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Weitz Co., LLC v. Lloyd's of London
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-08-04· cited 174×
• Amish Connection, Inc. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-03-20· cited 56×
• Miller v. Westfield Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-01-20· cited 55×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Petersen
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2004-05-06· cited 43×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Corrigan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-05-06· cited 33×
• National Surety Corporation, an Illinois Corporation v. Westlake Investments, LLC, an Iowa Limited Liability Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-06-10· cited 26×
• Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Sand Livestock Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-02-23· cited 25×
• Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company d/b/a Metlife Auto & Home and Economy Premier Assurance Company v. Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-03-08· cited 25×
• Westfield Insurance Companies v. Economy Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-03-21· cited 24×
• Modern Piping, Inc. v. Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-07-29· cited 23×
• Krause v. Krause
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-02-17· cited 23×
• Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board v. Federated Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-07-08· cited 21×
• Tech-Built 153, Inc. v. Virginia Surety Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2006-04-21· cited 17×
• Nationwide Agri-Business Insurance Co. v. Goodwin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-05-21· cited 16×
• Matthew Lefler, as of the Estate of Daisy Bender and as Successor Fiduciary of Estate of Laverne, Bender v. General Casualty Company of Wisconsin
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-08-15· cited 15×
• Marlin Lee Just, Noelle Marie Marchant Hughes, and Travis Clinton Hughes v. Farmers Automobile Insurance Association D/B/A Pekin Insurance
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-04-01· cited 15×
• R & J ENTERPRIZES v. General Cas. Co. of Wisconsin
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-12-16· cited 14×
• De Smet Insurance Co. of South Dakota v. Pourier
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2011-08-17· cited 14×
• McFarland v. Liberty Ins. Corp.
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2019-01-30· cited 13×
• Continental Western Insurance Co. v. Black
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2015-11-16· cited 12×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• A.Y. McDonald Industries, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-09-18· cited 158×
• Connie's Construction Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-03-19· cited 92×
• Cairns v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-01-14· cited 62×
• North Star Mutual Insurance Co. v. Holty
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-03-18· cited 53×
• Lemrick v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-03-22· cited 37×
• Kluiter v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-12-23· cited 36×
• Benavides v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-10-25· cited 35×
• C-Thru Container Corp. v. Midland Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-06-21· cited 29×
• Ferguson v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-02-23· cited 28×
• Clark-Peterson Co. v. Independent Insurance Associates, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-11-25· cited 27×
• Westhoff v. American Interinsurance Exchange
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-02-16· cited 26×
• Tri-State Insurance Co. of Minnesota v. Gooyer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-12-18· cited 26×
• Davenport v. Aid Ins. Co.(Mutual)
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-06-15· cited 23×
• Lindahl v. Howe
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-03-14· cited 23×
• Witcraft v. Sundstrand Health & Disability Group Benefit Plan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1988-03-16· cited 17×
• Gentry v. Wise
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-09-20· cited 15×
• Ciha v. Irons
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-12-22· cited 15×
• Dessel v. FARM AND CITY INSURANCE COMPANY
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-01-20· cited 7×
• Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Globe American Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1988-08-17· cited 5×
• Walter v. Kinsey
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-06-22· cited 3×