Insurance - Supreme Court Review
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1977
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10
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The most significant insurance case during the survey period was Pettid v. Edwards. In that case, the Nebraska Supreme Court aligned itself with the minority of jurisdictions by rejecting the argument for "stacking" of medical payments and uninsured motorist coverages in a family automobile policy. Stacking is the "aggregation of the limits of ... coverage when the insured owns two or more automobiles insured under a single Family Automobile Policy."|Other Nebraska decisions during the survey period, although not addressing issues over which there is much difference of opinion, clarified Nebraska insurance law. In one opinion, the court inferred a statutory definition of "uninsured motor vehicle." The court also rendered interpretative guidance on "pre-existing sickness" in an accidental injury policy. Two cases dealt with the requirements for notice of cancellation of insurance policies by an insurer, and another two cases focused on the effect on an insurer's liability of an agent's acts or omissions.|In Pettid v. Edwards, an uninsured motorist struck the daughter of the insured-plaintiff as she was walking across a street. The insurance policy in question listed the two automobiles owned by the insured and contained medical payments and uninsured motorist coverages in the respective limits of $1,000 and $10,000 for each person. The coverages applied to each automobile, and the premiums therefor were stated separately for each automobile...
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10 Creighton L. Rev. 115 (1976-1977)
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Creighton University School of Law