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CARR v. FORD

833 S.W.2d 68 (1992)

Bekkie A. CARR and Jeffrey Carr, Appellants, v. Fred Homer FORD and Cumis Insurance Society, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Gillenwater, Harold E. Bishop, Knoxville, for appellants.

William A. Simms, Knoxville, for appellees.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

This appeal requires us to interpret an amended portion of Tennessee's Uninsured Motor Vehicle Coverage Statute. The question is whether injured motorists may recover punitive damages under uninsured motorist coverage, in the absence of an explicit agreement that such coverage will be provided under the policy. We answer this question in the negative and hold that the 1986 amendment to the statute limits requisite uninsured motorist...

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