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EMMONS v. HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

No. 303, 1996.

697 A.2d 742 (1997)

Roberta J. EMMONS, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick S. Miller (argued) and David J. Ferry, Jr. of Ferry & Joseph, P.A., Wilmington, for Appellant.

Ian Connor Bifferato (argued) and Vincent A. Bifferato, Jr. of Bifferato, Bifferato & Gentilotti, Wilmington, for Appellee.

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

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal, we consider whether a wife is legally entitled to recover uninsured motorist ("UM") benefits for the wrongful death of her husband up to the "per accident" limit of their joint automobile insurance policy, when the decedent's estate has already recovered through the operation of Delaware's survival statute the maximum amount of damages available under the "per person" limits of the policy...

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