Maryland Insurance Administration v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY, J. (Retired, Specially Assigned).

At issue here are the applicability of the personal injury protection (PIP) coverage provisions and the validity of the owned but uninsured exclusion from PIP coverage in an automobile liability policy issued by the appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) to its named insured, Alaskan Bundue-Conteh (the Claimant). These proceedings arise on the Claimant’s complaint to the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) that State Farm had denied his claim for PIP benefits. Applying certain trade practice enforcement…