SHEPARD v. FARMERS INS. CO., INC.

No. 59506.

678 P.2d 250 (1983)

Leon SHEPARD, father, Deronda Shepard, mother, individually and as the personal representatives of the Estate of Leonda Lynn Shepard, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Blake Yaffe, Oklahoma City, for plaintiffs.

John F. Percival, Buford & Percival, Oklahoma City, for defendant.


BARNES, Chief Justice:

We answer the question in the negative, holding that the exclusionary language is consistent with sound principles of contract law and further that it is neither unconscionable nor violative of the public policy expressed in Oklahoma's Uninsured Motorist Act. 36 O.S. 1981 § 3636.

Under Oklahoma law, insurance policies are issued pursuant to statutes, and the provisions of those statutes...

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