# Torres v. Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · March 30, 1993 · 64 O.B.A.J. 995

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9535967

## Case

- **Full name:** Gary Leon TORRES, Personal Representative of the Estate of Christopher Wade Torres, Deceased, Appellee, v. KANSAS CITY FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** March 30, 1993
- **Citations:** 64 O.B.A.J. 995; 849 P.2d 407; 1993 OK 32; 1993 Okla. LEXIS 39; 1993 WL 89710
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Opala
- **Judges:** Lavender, Opala, Hodges, Simms, Wilson, Kauger, Watt, Summers, Hargrave
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding a claimant was entitled to UM coverage despite a negligent co-employee's immunity because the coverage was intended to compensate an insured for a loss for which the tortfeasor is unable to make full compensation, and the insurer assumed the risk

## Opinion text

OPALA, Justice,
dissenting in part.
I dissent from Part II for the reasons articulated in Barfield v. Barfield, Okl., 742 P.2d 1107, 1113 (1987) (Opala, J., dissenting), and Karlson v. City of Oklahoma City, Okl., 711 P.2d 72, 75-76 (1985) (Opala, J., dissenting). I concur in result in Part III.

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