Michael v. Wolfe’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Van Hoozer v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 154 Ind. App. 259 - Smith v. Midwest Mutual Insurance Company · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Matlock · 10 Wash. App. 350 - Signal Insurance v. Walden · Plesha v. Edmonds Ex Rel. Edmonds
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In suits by an insured against an insurer claiming a right to coverage under an uninsured motorist provision, the insured must prove that he is legally entitled to recover damages from the owner or operator of an uninsured motor vehicle. Generally, this means that the insured must establish the fault of the tortfeasor, the fact that there is no insurance policy covering the motorist or motor vehicle, and resulting damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[Aln insured may also establish a prima facie case. by showing that he has made reasonable efforts to determine whether an applicable insurance policy exists and these efforts have been fruitless. Onee the insured has met that burden, the burden shifts to the insurer to show that there is an applicable policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[Tjo recover on an uninsured motorist claim, the insured must prove that there is no policy applicable to the vehicle driven by the tortfea-sor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.