O'BAR v. MFA MUT. INS. CO.

No. 81-209.

628 S.W.2d 561 (1982)

Reba Faye O'BAR, et al, Appellant, v. MFA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daily, West, Core, Coffman & Canfield and Robert S. Blatt, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Jones, Gilbreath & Jones, Fort Smith, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The only issue on appeal is whether a reduction clause in an automobile insurance policy that provides for $5,000 in accidental death benefits is void because it violates public policy. The trial court held that the clause which reduced payment by any amounts paid under worker's compensation law was valid. We disagree and find such a provision void as against public policy.

The appellant's husband, Jeweral Wayne O'Bar, was killed in a vehicle...

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