Surrey v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “statutory words are to be given their usual and ordinary meaning considered in light of the aim to be accomplished by the Legislature”
• “The aim of the . . . statute is to minimize the catastrophic financial loss for victims of automobile accidents caused by the negligence of uninsured tortfeasors”
• 17 jurisdictions find physical contact requirement in insurance policies unenforceable under “hit-and-run” and unknown or uninsured motorist provisions; 14 courts find the requirement to be valid
• 17 jurisdictions find physical contact requirement in insurance policies unenforceable under \hit-and-run\ and unknown or uninsured motorist provisions; 14 courts find the requirement to be valid
• physical contact may not be required for recovery of uninsured motorist benefits for hit-and-run accident
• “We believe it is wholly inconsistent with this broad remedial purpose to permit the insurer to evade mandated coverage by erecting an artificial, arbitrary barrier to recovery”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).