Plaintiff can ‘stack’ UM/UIM coverage 
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Published: June 8, 2009
The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled last Thursday that a girl badly injured in a car wreck can “stack” the uninsured/underinsured insurance coverage in her father’s auto policy, increasing the potential amount of money available for her injury.
In the case, the girl’s lawyer was able to distinguish the language in the father’s policy from the ...
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