Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois v. Palazzolo, No. 20-2941 (8th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment holding that Safeco was not liable for coverage for a claim stemming from an accident involving an uninsured driver. In this case, the insured was killed when her motorcycle collided with a car driven by the uninsured driver. The court concluded that the district court did not err in determining that coverage for the accident was excluded under the insurance policy's motorcycle exclusion. Therefore, the policy unambiguously excluded coverage for the insured's accident.
Court Description: [Kobes, Author, with Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Insurance. The district court did not err in determining coverage for the accident in issue was excluded under the insurance policy's motorcycle exclusion.
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