MFA MUT. INS. CO. v. VAN DRIESUM

No. 83-295.

665 S.W.2d 286 (1984)

282 Ark. 24

MFA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Patricia M. VAN DRIESUM, Personal Representative, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthews & Sanders by Roy Gene Sanders, Little Rock, for appellant.

Thompson, Paddock & Llewellyn, P.A., by William P. Thompson, Fort Smith, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Arkansas's no-fault insurance law requires automobile liability policies to include a $5,000 accidental death benefit for the insured and for passengers in an insured car, unless the applicant for the insurance rejects that coverage. Act 138 of 1973; Ark.Stat.Ann. §§ 66-4014 to -4021 (Repl.1980). The question in this case is whether the estate of an insured passenger who was killed while riding in an insured car may recover the...

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