GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS. CO. v. HERNDON

No. 8518SC644.

339 S.E.2d 472 (1986)

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY v. Susan HERNDON, Individually and as Administrator/Personal Representative of the Estate of Maria Elizabeth Gunther, Deceased, and William F. Herndon.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by Bynum M. Hunter and William Sam Byassee, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Mike Krasny, Melbourne, Fla., and Chester E. Whittle, Jr., Boone, for defendants-appellants.


MARTIN, Judge.

The sole issue on appeal is whether uninsured motorist coverages contained in two policies issued to the same insured, each providing coverage in excess of the amount required by statute, may be "stacked" or aggregated despite the existence of "other insurance" clauses in each policy that limit the maximum coverage under all policies to a single limit of liability. We hold that because of the coverages provided and the language of the policies, the...

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