Business Law and the Regulation of Business 11th Edition by Richard Mann, Barry Roberts

Exercise 12

Langstraat, age seventeen, owned a motorcycle that he insured against liability with Midwest Mutual Insurance Company. He signed a notice of rejection attached to the policy indicating that he did not desire to purchase uninsured motorists' coverage from the insurance company. Later he was involved in an accident with another motorcycle owned and operated by a party who was uninsured. Langstraat now seeks to recover from the insurance company, asserting that his rejection was not valid because he is a minor. Can Langstraat recover from Midwest? Explain.