Lambert v. State Farm

This appeal presents once again an issue that has been described as "[t]he single most important unresolved issue concerning underinsured motorist coverage"1 — the right of an insured to settle with a tort-feasor, and to give the tort-feasor a complete release without getting the consent of the insured's carrier of underinsured motorist coverage to the settlement. This appeal is from a summary judgment in which the trial court held, as a matter of law, that an underinsured motorist insurance carrier, which had refused to consent to a settlement between its insured with the tort-feasor, was…