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· 2/21/1996

Sidelnik v. American States Insurance Co.

Citations

  • 914 S.W.2d 689
  • 1996 WL 13965

How courts have described this case

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

  • “While the 21 [insureds’] umbrella policy provides excess coverage for liability arising from an automobile accident, this fact does not convert it into an ‘automobile liability insurance’ policy within the meaning of [Texas’s UM statute].”
  • “We are persuaded that umbrella policies providing excess liability coverage serve a purpose distinct from that served by policies that exclusively cover liability from damages arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of an automobile.”
  • discussing the “inherent differences between primary liability and umbrella policies”
  • discussing the “inherent differences between primary liability and umbrella policies”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Powers, Aboussie, Kidd

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