(Download) "Amidzich and Wife v. Charter Oak Fire" by Supreme Court of Wisconsin * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Amidzich and Wife v. Charter Oak Fire
- Author : Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Release Date : January 30, 1969
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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This is an appeal from orders of the circuit court for Milwaukee county overruling the plaintiffs' demurrer to the defendant's
plea in bar and denying the plaintiffs' alternative motion to dismiss the defendant's plea. This appeal arises out of a cause
of action for damages. The plaintiff Florence Amidzich on June 18, 1966, was forced off U. S. Highway I-94 in Jefferson county
and sustained injuries. For the purposes of this appeal, it appears agreed that the accident occurred exactly as alleged by
the plaintiffs, i.e., that although there was no striking of the plaintiff's automobile, she was forced off the road by an
unidentified vehicle which failed to stop at the scene. There were two witnesses to the accident, and it is conceded that
the accident was not fabricated and the claim is not fraudulent. Florence Amidzich was the named insured of an automobile liability insurance policy issued by the defendant, The Charter
Oak Fire Insurance Company. That policy contained an uninsured motorist clause, the purpose of which was to extend coverage
to the named insured in the event of damages resulting from an accident involving an uninsured vehicle. Coverage was also
extended in the event of damages by a "hit-and-run" automobile. The policy defined a "hit-and-run" automobile as one: