Court Opinion

ID: 9657586
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:30:57.781063+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:46.607620
License: Public Domain

Wilkie, J.
{concurring). This case is a dramatic example of the wholly inadequate compulsory minimum limits on motor vehicle liability insurance ($10,000 per person and $20,000 total). Plaintiff, Lee Edeler, has entered judgment against O’Brien in the amount of $50,200 (together with interest and costs). Only $10,000 of this figure (plus costs) is covered by the O’Brien policy with General Casualty Company of Wisconsin.
In 1953 the legislature increased the mínimums of $5,000 per person — $10,000 per accident to the present limits. Although most of the other states have identical or even lower limits, I think it is obvious that with the reduction in the purchasing power of the dollar and the increased gravity of personal injuries received in motor vehicle accidents, higher mínimums should be established. It is encouraging that the 1967 legislature, through Bill No. 1008, A., gave some consideration to this need.1 If the very purpose of such insurance is to be served, some action in this direction must be taken by the legislature.

 Recommended for passage 6 to 4 by the Assembly Committee on Insurance and Banking. No further action taken in the 1967 session.