Motorcyclist Hit and Run Victim Struck By Two Vehicles

David Lowe

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I have been following a sad story from last month in which Michael Kemper, a 56 year old man from Pewaukee Wisconsin, was killed in a hit and run accident while riding his motor scooter.

Yesterday, the authorities announced that their investigation revealed the likelihood that the victim was hit by two separate vehicles, a minivan and an Oldsmobile Delta 88.

It is hard to believe that anyone would flee and leave an injured person lying at the side of the road. But two separate drivers doing so, with perhaps other passengers in the vehicle? Makes you shake your head.

The survivors now may have more uninsured motorist coverage though, because the insurance limit from the victim's insurance policy will be doubled if it can be shown that the victim survived the first accident and suffered separate physical harm from the second striking. There may be proof problems establishing exactly what happened. However, there seems little doubt that uninsured motorist coverage will be available because of the unmistakable evidence that there was contact, not a near miss. Just a few weeks ago the Wisconsin Supreme Court reiterated the rule that the hit and run vehicle must have contact with the victim's vehicle in an uninsured motorist claim.

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