WETHERBEE v. ECONOMY FIRE & CAS. CO.

No. 92-1944.

508 N.W.2d 657 (1993)

Katherine WETHERBEE, Appellant, v. ECONOMY FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Van Veldhuizen, Oelwein, for appellant.

Michael A. McEnroe, Dutton, Braun, Staack, Hellman & Iversen, Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, NEUMAN, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

This appeal primarily involves the question of whether an insured is entitled to recover underinsured motorist benefits from her insurance company when the insured has no right to bring an action in her own name against the underinsured motorist. The district court granted defendant insurance company's motion for summary judgment. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

In 1982 plaintiff Katherine Wetherbee was insured under an automobile insurance...

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