TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. CAPPS

Nos. 74-1235, 74-1279.

506 F.2d 16 (1974)

TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Texas corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles CAPPS et al., Defendants-Appellants. Richard J. SCHELFO and Donna Schelfo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul I. Ruman, Hammond, Ind., for defendants-appellants Charles Capps et al.

James E. Schreiner, George E. Bloom, Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee Trinity Universal Ins. Co.

Edward J. Raskosky, George H. Kohl, Hammond, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants Richard J. Schelfo and Donna Schelfo.

William S. Spangler, David J. Hanson, Gary, Ind., for defendants-appellees Government Employees Ins. Co. et al.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS and LAY, Circuit Judges.


HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

These two cases, as did Miller v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., 7 Cir., 506 F.2d 11 (1974), also decided today, raise the same issue of whether an insurance policy covering several cars permits aggregation or "stacking" of the liability limits of each car to determine the total uninsured motorist recovery. Although separately briefed and argued, the cases are therefore consolidated for opinion...

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