Allstate Indem. Co. v. Wise’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson · 281 So. 2d 1 - Kluger v. White · 622 So. 2d 467 - PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CAS. v. Swindal · 546 So. 2d 1051 - Landis v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 348 So. 2d 1149 - Ins. Co. of North America v. Avis Rent-A-Car
Most-quoted passages
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“In Sledge v. Continental Casualt y Co., 639 So.2d 805, 812 (La.Ct.App.1994), the court held that an automobile policy coverage exclusion for injury or damage arising out of an “act committed in violation of a law or ordinance” could be applied only to acts in violation of criminal law and that normally require specific or general intent. The court observed that a literal application of the policy language “would effectively deny coverage for all acts incidentally- and technically constituting an infraction of the statutory ‘rules of the road’.... ” Id. Noting that “a policyholder would normally not expect the instant exclusion to control in reference to speeding, running a stop sign, or failing to maintain control,” the court declared that the expansive language of the coverage exclusion clearly conflicted with Louisiana’s public policy that automobile liability insurance should protect innocent accident victims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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