Opinion

Truck Insurance Exchange v. Rohde

  • 49 Wash. 2d 465
  • 303 P.2d 659
  • 55 A.L.R. 2d 1288
  • 1956 Wash. LEXIS 298
Court
Washington Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 8, 1956
Status
Published
Author
Hill
On the bench
Ott, Hill, Rosellini
Cited by
61 cases

holding one 8 accident occurred where driver negligently crossed center line and hit a motorcycle, causing car 9 to turn counterclockwise and collide with two other motorcycles

How later courts described this case

  • holding one 8 accident occurred where driver negligently crossed center line and hit a motorcycle, causing car 9 to turn counterclockwise and collide with two other motorcycles
  • applying the cause theory to find one accident where the insured collided with three motorcycles and policy placed a limit on the amount payable in “each accident” without defining “accident”
  • “There was but one proximate, uninterrupted, and continuing cause which resulted in all of the injuries and damage.”
  • “two occurrences where driver struck two cars, but gained control between first and second impact”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Hill, J.

(dissenting) — I believe that there were three accidents, and I therefore dissent.

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