MASON v. UNITED SERVICES AUTO. ASS'N

No. 231, 1996.

697 A.2d 388 (1997)

Thomas MASON and Katherine A. Howerton, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, a foreign corporation, and USAA Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Mark Krawitz (argued), and Stephani J. Ballard, of Doroshow & Pasquale, Wilmington, for Appellants.

Diane M. Willette (argued), and Stephen P. Casarino, of Casarino, Christman & Shalk, Wilmington, for Appellees.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.


HARTNETT, Justice:

In this appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the Superior Court, we consider the affirmative duties imposed on an insurance carrier by 18 Del.C. § 3902(b). That statute requires a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier to make a meaningful offer to an insured of additional uninsured motorist coverage. We conclude that the insurance carrier did not satisfy its burden of showing that it had...

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