Car Wreck – Choice of Law in Insurance Policy
Monday, November 10th, 2014
Plaintiffs were involved in a car wreck in Tennessee while driving a vehicle they borrowed from North Carolina residents. The car owners had selected an insurance policy with a Missouri choice of law provision because their daughter principally used the car in Missouri where she attended college. The issue before the Court of Appeals was whether the […]
Read More »Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
The plaintiff, a detective with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, was seriously injured when the Polk County vehicle in which he was riding as a passenger was struck in the rear by a vehicle owned by one of the two named defendants. Plaintiff and his wife sued the two named defendants and served process and […]
Read More »Auto Insurance; Rental Car
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013
Tenn. Code Ann. 56-7-1110 states Any rental car company, offering for sale insurance coverage or collision damage waivers, shall state clearly on the front page of the rental contract that the purchaser of the insurance coverage or collision damage waiver offered may be covered for such claims on the purchaser’s personal motor vehicle insurance policy, […]
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