STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. BAFUS

No. 40043.

77 Wn.2d 720 (1970)

466 P.2d 159

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents, v. KAREN MONTGOMERY BAFUS, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacGillivray, Jones, Clarke & Schiffner, Allen L. McAlear, and William A. Franke, for appellant.

Turner, Stoeve & Layman, Clare E. Turner, and Brian B. Kennedy, for respondents.


HALE, J.

Defendant qualifies for recovery under the uninsured motorist clause of two insurance policies. The question is whether the policy limits may be stacked or whether recovery is limited to the greater of the two.

Karen Bafus, then Karen Montgomery, 19 years old and unmarried, lived with her parents in Spokane. July 25, 1965, she was riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by one Robert Ellenwood near...

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