LINDER v. HAWKEYE-SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 53846.

472 S.W.2d 412 (1971)

Clifford Eugene LINDER, Respondent, v. HAWKEYE-SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent, and Edwin Ray Haynes et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy F. Carter, Kansas City, for respondent, Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co.; Sprinkle, Carter, Larson & Hanna, Kansas City, of counsel.

John C. Milholland, Harrisonville, Ben W. Swofford, Kansas City, for appellants Haynes; Anderson & Milholland, Harrisonville, Swofford & Waisblum, Kansas City, of counsel.


PER CURIAM.

The sole question presented in this case is whether or not any possible claim that an insured driver of an automobile might have against his insurance carrier for "excess coverage" over and above the policy limits is subject to equitable garnishment by those having obtained judgments against the insured in amounts exceeding the coverage designated in the policy. We are compelled to hold that it is not.

Factually, the record reflects that Linder...

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