Uninsured Motorist Law
 
Randy Smith v. The City of Stillwater and The Board of County Commissioners of Payne County

¶1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of Stillwater law enforcement officers pursued him. In the course of the pursuit, Decedent drove his motorcycle into the edge of a "T" intersection, resultin... More...   $0 (05-20-2014 - OK)

Carolyn Calkins James, Individually and as next friend of her elderly mother, Mary Olive Calkins v. Honorable Olen Underwood, Honorable Patrick Sebesta and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Richard Stephen Calkins as agent in fact for Mary Olive Calkins and Michael Easton, Individually and as assignee of Richard Stephen Calkins

Carolyn James and her brother Richard Steven Calkins are in a legal dispute over who has the right to manage the assets of their mother, Mary Calkins. Their

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controversy has spawned multiple lawsuits filed in various district and probate courts in at least two counties resulting in no less than 11 issued appellate decisions—thus far—from the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeal... More...
   $0 (05-08-2014 - TX)

Andrew R. Hill v. American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company

Andrew R. Hill v. American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company

Issue # 1.
Issue: FRIENDLY SUIT (SUIT)
Filed by: Hill, Andrew R
Filed Date: 10/14/2013
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company
Disposed: ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT, 05/01/2014. Judge.

Defendant: American Farmers &... More...
   $2800 (05-01-2014 - OK)

Judy Ann Smith v. Shelter Insurance Company and Danny Ray Breeden and Doyle Davis

¶1 Defendant/Appellant Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (Shelter) appeals the trial court's Order granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff/Appellee Judy Ann Smith (Smith), as personal representative of the estate of Patty Sue Yeater, deceased. This case arises from an automobile accident, and the primary issue presented on appeal is whether the minimum limit of liability insurance coverage... More...   $0 (04-29-2014 - OK)

Terry Moore v. Robert Blackwell and Farmers Insurance Company, Inc.

¶1 Plaintiff Terry Moore, individually and as next friend of Jerrit Moore, a minor, appeals a judgment entered in Defendants' favor resulting from a jury verdict rendered on April 11, 2011, in favor of Defendant Robert Blackwell. Having reviewed the record and pertinent law, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

¶2 According to Plaintiff's appellate brief, on Septemb... More...
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The City of Houston v. Stephon Lamar Davis

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of the City of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction. Appellee Stephon Lamar Davis was bitten by Houston Police Department Officer R.J. Briones’s K-9 police dog after Briones

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pulled over a car that had repeatedly tried to run Davis’s SUV off the road. The City argues that the trial court erred in denying the ple... More...
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United States v. Carlos Martins

Carlos Martins appeals the district court's order denying his post-trial motion to suppress evidence obtained as the result of a traffic stop. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the traffic stop was unconstitutional and that the district court erred by not suppressing the evidence. Accordingly, we reverse.

I. Background

On August 2, 2010, canine officer Deputy David Wintle... More...
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Tony Woody v. Madelyn Woody

Appellant Tony Woody and appellee Madelyn Woody each filed post-divorce pleadings seeking enforcement and modification of their final decree of divorce. After a series of trial proceedings on the issues presented in these motions, the trial court entered judgment ordering Tony to pay $771.73 per month in child support and to reimburse Madelyn $3,383.00 in medical expenses, and denying Tony’s mot... More...   $0 (04-14-2014 - TX)

Sandra Lee Licciardello v. Carl E. Reichel and State Farm Insurance Company

Sandra Lee Licciardello v. Carl E. Reichel and State Farm Insurance Company

Issue # 1.
Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed by: LICCIARDELLO, SANDRA LEE
Filed Date: 01/13/2012
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: REICHEL, CARL E
Disposed: DISMISSED - SETTLED, 10/23/2012. Other.

Defendant: REICHEL, CARL E
Disposed: DISMISSED ... More...
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Knife River Corporation-South v. Esmeralda Hinojosa, Individually, as Representative of the Estate of Andres Hinojosa, deceased, and as next friend on behalf of Melissa Hinojosa, Vanessa Hinojosa, Andrea Hinojosa and Andres Hinojosa, Jr.

In this wrongful death and survivor suit, Knife River Corporation-South appeals a judgment rendered against it in favor of Esmeralda Hinojosa,

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Individually and as Representative of the Estate Of Andres Hinojosa, Deceased, and as Next Friend on Behalf of Melissa Hinojosa, Vanessa Hinojosa, Andrea Hinojosa, and Andres Hinojosa, Jr. Knife River raises three issues on appeal, which inc... More...
   $0 (03-13-2014 - TX)

Mark Laster v. City of Kalamazoo

Plaintiff Mark Laster appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants, the City of Kalamazoo and several named individuals, on Plaintiff’s race discrimination and retaliation claims. In his Complaint, Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that Defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a) et seq. (“Title VII”), MICH. COMP. LAWS § 37.2101 et. seq. (“Elliot-Lars... More...   $0 (03-13-2014 - MI)

THE ESTATE OF TROY ELLIS HAAKENSON, By and Through its Administrator Melissa Haakenson, MELISSA HAAKENSON, as Parent and Next Best Friend of STEVEN HAAKENSON and KRISTINA HAAKENSON, and MELISSA HAAKENSON, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. CHICAGO CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAIL ROAD COMPANY d/b/a ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, GEORGE PETERSON JR. and RICK MABE, Defendants-Appellees.

Melissa Haakenson, on behalf of the estate of her deceased husband Troy Haakenson, as parent and next best friend of her children, and in her individual capacity, filed suit against the Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company, d/b/a the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (“Chicago Central”), as well as two of its employees, George Peterson Jr. and Rick Mabe (collectively, hereinafter ... More...   $0 (03-12-2014 - IA)

Michael Garrett v. Estate of Maynard K. Selan

Michael Garrett and Ellen Garrett sued the Estate of Maynard K. Selan and William Robert Alston on auto negligence theories claimed to have been injured or harmed as a direct result of a car wreck caused by Defendants that occurred in Tulsa County, Oklahoma on June 15, 2007. Three vehicles stopped on the highway, the last of which was driven by non-party Juan Haro. Ellen Garrett claimed $120,002.... More...   $1 (03-04-2014 - OK)

Cassandra Batista and Peggy Batista v. Government Employees Insurance Company

COMES NOW Plaintiffs, Havalina Palmer, a minor, by and through her mother as parent and next friend, Cassandra Batista, and Molly Batista, a minor, by and through her mother as parent and next friend, Peggy Batista, and for their causes of action against Defendant Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”), allege and state as follows:

1. Cassandra Batista is the parent and next... More...
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Hyla Vanmeveren v. Midwest Employers Casualty Group, LLC

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, Hyla VanMeveren, by and through her attorney, Fletcher D. Handley, Jr. Of The Handley Law Center, and for cause of action against the Defendant, Midwest Employers Casualty Company, alleges and states as follows:

1. On the 13th day of December, 2012, while in the course and scope of her employment with Stone Trucking Company, Plaintiff was severely injured when she... More...
   $1 (02-26-2014 - OK)

Jamie Meyers v. Michael Eugene Lamer

Jamie Meyers was working in a utility bucket positioned above an unblocked lane of traffic when a tractor-trailer truck driven by Michael Lamer struck the bucket. As a result of the collision, Meyers was ejected from the bucket and suffered injuries to his back and lower body. Meyers then sued Lamer and Lamer’s employer for negligence pursuant to Maryland state law. The parties cross-moved for s... More...   $0 (02-25-2014 - MD)

Shad Little v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

1. On July 3, 2012, at about 3:17 p.m., Plaintiff Shad Little was driving his vehicle east on N.W. Expressway, approximately 0.2 miles west of North Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County.

2. A vehicle driven by Bobbi Decker was traveling behind Plaintiff's vehicle and collided with the rear of Plaintiff's vehicle at the aforesaid location.

3. the collision r... More...
   $1 (02-24-2014 - OK)

Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois v. Earle Rader, Jr.

Petitioner, Safeco Insurance Company (Safeco), seeks a writ of certiorari with regard to the lower court’s order denying Safeco’s motion requesting the court to enter a final judgment in accordance with Petitioner’s confession of judgment, and also granting Respondent’s motion for leave to amend his complaint seeking underinsured motorist (UM) benefits to add a claim for bad faith. For the... More...   $0 (02-21-2014 - FL)

John Wilkerson v. Government Employees Insurance Company, et al.

1. On or about December 30, 2007, the Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident proximately caused by the negligence of an uninsured motorist. As a result of the accident Plaintiff incurred medical expenses, will incur future medical expenses, has suffered in the past and will suffer in the future excmciating mental and physical pain and suffering, and has suffered injuries which are perm... More...   $0 (02-20-2014 - OK)

Nodak Mutual Insurance Company v. Eric Bahr-Renner

[¶1] Eric Bahr-Renner, Sara Daede, Ashley Collins, J.C. (a minor), Emily Young, and Kenneth McCoy (collectively "claimants") appeal from a judgment that only the lower, "step-down" policy limits in an automobile insurance policy were available for their damages sustained in an automobile accident. We affirm, concluding the district court's finding of fact that Mary Gwyther was not a resident of h... More...   $0 (02-20-2014 - ND)

Ronald Daughhetee v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins.

Ronald E. and Melissa L. Daughhetee were injured in a truck accident that killed their daughter Allison. After settling with the tortfeasor, the Daughhetees received payment for underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage from a State Farm policy insuring their truck. They sued for additional payment under a State Farm policy insuring another vehicle. It had identical UIM coverage. The district court1 gr... More...   $0 (02-18-2014 - MO)

Dennis H. Hagenow v. Betty L. Schmidt

In this appeal, we revisit the doctrine of legal excuse and the sudden emergency defense, as applied to a rear-end collision the jury could have found was caused by defendant’s stroke and resulting partial loss of vision. Plaintiffs’ truck was stopped at a red light in good weather when it was struck by defendant’s car. Defendant saw the red light but denied seeing plaintiffs’ vehicle. At ... More...   $0 (02-12-2014 - IA)

Corey Landers v. Changal Glacken and State Farm Mutual Insurance Company

Plaintiff alleges and states:

1. On February 5,2011, theit was a collision in Cleveland Counts Oklahoma, involving a vehicle driven by Defendant Chantal Glacken and a vehicle driven by Plaintiff.

2. Said collision was caused by Defendant Chantal Glacken’s negligence of following too closely and inattentive driving, causing Plaintiff to suffer damages in an amount not yet determined... More...
   $0 (02-10-2014 - OK)

Rhonda Parrott v. Severs Trucking, LLC and Brandon G. Black

Rhonda Parrott (“Plaintiff”) filed a wrongful death action against Brandon Black and Severs Trucking, LLC (“Severs”), (collectively “Defendants”) for the death of her husband James Parrott (“James”).1 Defendants appeal the trial court’s judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff. Defendants raise seven points of alleged trial court error. Defendants’ first point... More...   $0 (02-10-2014 - MO)

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Leann M. Briggs

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide) sued the children of Melvin L. Briggs (collectively the Briggses) in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, seeking declaratory judgment that it had effectively nonrenewed Melvin's insurance policy before the automobile accident that led to his death. Because Nationwide had complied with statutory and policy requirements for no... More...   $0 (02-07-2014 - KS)

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