WAGNER v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 24782.

40 Cal.3d 460 (1985)

709 P.2d 462

220 Cal. Rptr. 659

LEE A. WAGNER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michaud, Weber & De Vries, Michaud, Weber, De Vries & Hernandez and Michael C. Weber for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Leonard Sacks, Robert H. Sulnick, Robert E. Cartwright, Wylie A. Aitken, Harlan Arnold, Glen T. Bashore, Ray Bourhis, Richard D. Bridgman, Edwin Train Caldwell, David S. Casey, Jr., Victoria De Goff, Douglas K. deVries, H. Grieg Fowler, Sanford M. Gage, Ian Herzog, G. Dana Hobart, Stanley K. Jacobs, Harvey R. Levine, John C. McCarthy, Timothy W. Peach, Arne Werchick and Stephen I. Zetterberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Nagle, Vale, McDowall, Cotter & Schwartz and William D. McDowall for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KAUS, J.*

Section 11580.2 of the Insurance Code1 provides for quasi-compulsory uninsured motorists (UM) coverage for most kinds of automobile liability policies. Among others, UM coverage protects as insureds the named insured, as well as family members living in the same household. (§ 11580.2, subd. (b).) Subdivision...

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