SEXTON v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 74651.

816 P.2d 1135 (1991)

Donna Kay SEXTON and Robert D. Sexton, Wife and Husband, Plaintiffs, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, d/b/a CNA, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Harlan, Harlan, Harlan, & Branscum, Sapulpa, for plaintiffs.

Joseph A. Sharp, Best, Sharp, Holden, Sheridan & Stritzke, Tulsa, for defendant.


SUMMERS, Justice.

The Honorable Thomas R. Brett, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Certified to this court the following question:

"Whether an insurer's prior denial of the insured's uninsured motorist coverage claim operates to estop that insurer from later invoking the Porter doctrine's protection against the destruction of its subrogation rights."

We answer the question in the affirmative, and hold...

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