MARAKIS v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.

No. 20855.

765 P.2d 882 (1988)

Lisa MARAKIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne B. Watson, Beverley A. Ramsey, Provo, for plaintiff and appellant.

Ray Phillips Ivie, Provo, for defendant and appellee.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff Lisa Marakis appeals a summary judgment of no cause of action for injuries sustained in an accident proximately caused by another vehicle. The issue presented is whether in order to recover under Utah's uninsured motorist statute, the "hit-and-run" vehicle must actually strike the insured's car or whether it is sufficient that the unidentified motorist was the proximate cause of the accident and resulting injury.

Marakis' complaint...

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