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N.C. Supreme Court Reverses Court of Appeals in NC Farm Bureau v. Dana
N.C. Supreme Court Reverses Court of Appeals in NC Farm Bureau v. Dana Calculation of UIM Limits Makes Sense Again 21 December 2021 Joe Fulton Adam Wood Back in September 2019, the NC Court of Appeals decided N.C. Farm Bureau v. Dana. You can find that post here. It was a significant decision about UIM Read More
Read MoreN.C. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS LIMITATIONS ON RESIDENT-RELATIVE COVERAGE
28 December 2020 Joe Fulton This month, the N.C. Supreme Court gave insurance coverage lawyers a real holiday treat: a published policy interpretation decision. Not only that, we got a dissent from Justice Earls. The decision, N.C. Farm Bureau v. Martin (available from the Court here and to Lexis subscribers here), dealt with one of Read More
Read MoreMultiple UIM Policies for One Claimant: Who Gets the Credit?
In underinsured motorists (“UIM”) cases in which more than one UIM insurer provides coverage, the insurers may dispute how the liability insurance credit should be apportioned among them. This situation comes up with some regularity when a UIM beneficiary is an insured under their own policy and is also an insured under a second policy Read More
Read MoreCoverage Update: NC Court Of Appeals Upholds Application of Borrowed Servant Doctrine to Employee Exclusion
7 October 2019 Joe Fulton The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently released its opinion in State Farm v. Don’s Trash Company, Inc. (opinion available to Lexis subscribers here and from nccourts.gov here). Although unreported, the case is worthy of note for a couple of different reasons. The first and most significant is the Court’s Read More
Read MorePetition for Discretionary Review Filed in N.C. Farm Bureau v. Dana
4 October 2019 Joe Fulton Recently, I wrote about the North Carolina Court of Appeals’ decision in N.C. Farm Bureau v. Dana. You can find that article here. Dana held, in essence, that where you have an underlying liability policy exhausted on a per accident basis, UIM coverage must also be determined on a per accident basis Read More
Read MoreNorth Carolina Court of Appeals Limits Resident Relative Coverage. Judge Inman Dissents.
26 September 2019 Joe Fulton Various policy forms use slightly different language to bring resident-relatives within the definition of insureds. The standard form personal auto policy issued in North Carolina does it by including the defined term “family member” within the definition of the term “insured.” In turn, the policy defines “family member” as follows: Read More
Read MoreASSESSING N.C. FARM BUREAU V. DANA
4 September 2019 Joe Fulton HAVE A CLAIM INVOLVING MULTIPLE UIM CLAIMANTS? THE LIMITS MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK THEY ARE: ASSESSING N.C. FARM BUREAU V. DANA The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in N.C. Farm Bureau v. Dana, a UIM case with multiple claimants. No. COA18-1056, 2019 N.C. Read More
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