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Uninsured Motorist Defined, Henry A. Hentemann
Uninsured Motorist Defined, Henry A. Hentemann
Cleveland State Law Review
An attempt will be made to explore the court interpretations of the standard policy definition of "uninsured automobile." However, when reviewing such, three basic consider-tions must be borne in mind. One is that many states have so-called uninsured motorist statutes which contain purpose and intent sections upon which the courts may have relied in allowing a liberal construction to achieve the purpose intended by the legislature. The second is that simple contract law, without statutory influence, requires that the words employed be given their plain and commonly understood meaning. Thirdly, however, any ambiguity in an insurance contract, it being a …
Title Insurance Aspects Of Tort Liability, Dean T. Lemley
Title Insurance Aspects Of Tort Liability, Dean T. Lemley
Cleveland State Law Review
By reason of the adequate damages recoverable in contract by the insured, and because of safeguards of ethics and efficient methods of title examinations, underwriting practices, and sophisticated systems of document storage and retrieval, it would appear that tort liability will not become prevalent in the title industry. Since law is disposed to follow the needs of society, rather than to anticipate them, it seems logical that actions in tort liability will not be needed.
Avoidance Of P.I. Releases For Mutual Mistake: Recent Cases, Franklin Stafford Wearn Ii
Avoidance Of P.I. Releases For Mutual Mistake: Recent Cases, Franklin Stafford Wearn Ii
Cleveland State Law Review
The purpose of this article is to determine the factors which currently persuade courts to set aside releases under the doctrine of mutual mistake. Therefore, cases involving fraud, misrepresentation, overreaching, or unilateral mistake are outside the scope, except as they shed light on the doctrine's application. We shall consider first those cases where there is thought to be no personal injury at the time of releasing, and then those where some personal injury is known, but where it could be said that there exists a material unknown injury. Let it be noted that, as will be shown, if the releasor …