Legal Opinion
Smith v. State Farm Insurance
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 15, 1985No. Civ. 85-0527PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REMAND
PENCE, Senior District Judge.
Facts
On Sept. 16, 1978, Duane A. Smith was seriously injured when a car crashed in which he was a passenger. The car was driven and owned by Leonard Barbieto. State Farm, Barbieto’s no-fault insurer, paid Smith its policy limit of $15,000.
Smith’s parents had a no’-fault insurance policy with the same insurer, State Farm, on their car. This policy covered Smith up to $50,000. When the Barbieto no-fault policy was exhausted, State Farm paid Smith $35,000 on his parents’ policy under the Hawaii no-fault statute, H.R.S.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miller-Davis Company, a Michigan Corporation v. Illinois State Toll Highway AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Walton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceHawaii Supreme Court · 1974
- Thornton v. Allstate InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1980
- McMurry v. Prudential Property & Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1978
- Yamaguchi v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Field v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1991
- Keown v. Tudor InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 2008
- Redmon v. Sumitomo Marine Management (U.S.A.), Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
- P.W. Stephens Contractors, Inc. v. Mid American Indemnity InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1992
- Lemen v. Allstate InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1995
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