When more than one person is injured in an automobile accident and there are limited insurance funds available, should the claimants be paid on the basis of "first in time, first in right" or should a pro rata distribution of the funds be made? This is the issue raised in this application brought by one such injured person. The facts follow.
On April 23, 1980 Denise Gerdes (the movant), Virginia Scott and Claudia Carpenter, passengers...
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