State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Rizzo

¶ 1 This is an action for declaratory judgment brought by State Farm Ins. Co. (“State Farm”) and eventually presented to the court on joint stipulated facts. Instead of oral argument, both parties filed trial briefs. 1 On January 31, 2002, the trial court, the Honorable Flora Barth Wolf, entered an order essentially granting State Farm’s complaint for declaratory re lief. Sandra Rizzo (“daughter”) filed this timely appeal. 2 For the reasons that follow, we vacate the order entering judgment in favor of State Farm and enter judgment in favor of insureds. 3

¶ 2 The facts are not in dispute.…