Spain v. Valley Forge Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the injured insured was entitled to recover under the UM provision so long as his recovery did not exceed actual damages
• expressing “unwillingness] to hold that counsel fees can never be awarded to those who work on a contingent fee basis and do not keep time records” and remanding to trial court to engage in the “factfinding process often made necessary by reconstructed records”
• invalidat ing an offset provision reducing amount payable under UM coverage by amounts paid under liability coverage
• legislature has “strong commitment to ... allow those with foresight to protect themselves and their passengers with [UM] coverage”
• UM offset provision void where insured is injured by two negligent drivers
• evolution of legislation strengthening uninsured motorist insurance coverage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).