Whitmire v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

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• noting that contract terms must be construed liberally and “related to the particular use of the automobile and the hazards to be encountered from such use.”
• noting that the plaintiff took a direct route when getting out of the insured vehicle and was struck by1 the uninsured motorist within two to three feet thereof
• stating term \alighting from\ extends to situation where the body has reached a point where there is no contact with the vehicle
• observing the party was injured while still engaged in the completion of those acts reasonably to be expected from one acting under similar conditions
• UM coverage existed for injury sustained by insured while running away from parked car after noticing its imminent collision with an oncoming vehicle
• UM coverage existed for injury sustained by insured while running away from parked car after noticing its imminent collision with an oncoming vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).