# Francis v. International Service Insurance Co.

> Texas Supreme Court · December 22, 1976 · 20 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 115

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9654368

## Case

- **Full name:** Ila Mae FRANCIS, Petitioner, v. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 22, 1976
- **Citations:** 20 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 115; 546 S.W.2d 57; 1976 Tex. LEXIS 270
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Daniel
- **Judges:** Greenhill, Daniel, Johnson, Steakley, McGee
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9654368

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that exclusion by State Board of Insurance of government-owned vehicles from definition of “uninsured automobile” was a rational exercise of Board’s delegated authority, consistent with purposes of statute
- holding sovereign immunity exclusion did not contravene public policy because government actor was not “financially irresponsible”

## Opinion text

DANIEL, Justice
(concurring).
I concur but respectfully suggest that this is a subject to which the Legislature and the Texas State Board of Insurance might give further study. It is apparent from cases cited by the Court that several states provide their citizens with the opportunity for greater insurance protection against owners and operators of uninsured motor vehicles by not excluding vehicles owned by political agencies and subdivisions.

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