· 6/30/1983
Millers Casualty Insurance Co. of Texas v. Briggs
Citations
- 665 P.2d 891
- 100 Wash. 2d 1
How courts have described this case
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- suggesting that such exclusions prevent \dual recovery\ that \would transform underinsured motorist coverage into liability insurance\
- concluding the state legislature “recognized that a court 9 must weigh the public interest in prohibiting anticompetitive conduct against the 10 recognition that businesses need some latitude within which to conduct their trade”
- upholding exclusion from UIM coverage vehicles insured under the policy that are operated or occupied by an insured at the time of the accident
- upholding exclusion from UIM coverage vehicles insured under the policy that are operated or occupied by an insured at the time of the accident
- all approving of the insured car exclusion to prevent stacking of uninsured or underinsured coverages on top of liability coverage
- “The result of dual recovery in the instant case would transform underinsured motorist coverage into liability insurance”
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Judges: Dimmick
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