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Unknown Effects Of Wood V. Shepard On Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Coverage In Ohio, Gary D. Plunkett
Unknown Effects Of Wood V. Shepard On Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Coverage In Ohio, Gary D. Plunkett
Cleveland State Law Review
The Ohio Supreme Court in Wood v. Shepard had occasion to interpret Ohio's wrongful death statute in conjunction with Ohio's uninsured and underinsured motorist statute (UUM). The court held that the wrongful death of an insured creates separate claims that are not subject to a single person limit of liability in the deceased insured's UUM coverage. Wood is a nebulous decision. It overcompensates the deceased insured's surviving family members and turns the deceased insured's UUM coverage into a bottomless well from which the surviving family members may draw compensation. The full effect of Wood is yet unknown. What is known, …
Due Process Problems Of Property Damage No-Fault Insurance, Stephen L. Jones
Due Process Problems Of Property Damage No-Fault Insurance, Stephen L. Jones
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Michigan, Florida, and Massachusetts have recently enacted automobile property damage no-fault legislation. Similar to the concept of personal injury no-fault plans, the property damage legislation bars tort recovery for damage to vehicles involved in collisions and substitutes a system of insurance protection that would compensate the vehicle's owner for these losses without regard to fault. There are, however, two essential differences between the property damage and personal injury proposals. First, because property damage claims have been minor as compared to those for personal injuries, the property damage proposals have permitted the vehicle owner to self-insure for the former losses by …
Uninsured Motorist Coverage--Charting The Kentucky Course, Thomas M. Cooper
Uninsured Motorist Coverage--Charting The Kentucky Course, Thomas M. Cooper
Kentucky Law Journal
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