Nebraska Statutes 44-508. Liability insurance; automobiles; bankruptcy of insured; policy provisions; reciprocity
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The policies or contracts of insurance covering legal liability for injury to a person or persons caused by the ownership, operation, use, or maintenance of an automobile issued by any domestic or foreign company shall, if filed with the director pursuant to the Property and Casualty Insurance Rate and Form Act, contain a provision that the insolvency or bankruptcy of the assured shall not release the company from the payment of damages for injury sustained or loss occasioned during the life of the policy, and, in case of such insolvency or bankruptcy, an action may be maintained within the terms and limits of the policy by the injured person or his or her heirs against the insurer.
Source
- Laws 1925, c. 124, § 4, p. 330;
- C.S.1929, § 44-607;
- R.S.1943, § 44-508;
- Laws 2007, LB117, § 6.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-508
- Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Insurer: shall include all companies, exchanges, societies, or associations whether organized on the stock, mutual, assessment, or fraternal plan of insurance and reciprocal insurance exchanges. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801