Dagel v. Farmers Insurance Group of Companies

The plaintiff, Laurie Simpson Dagel (Dagel), brought an action in the District Court against Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers) seeking the benefits of the uninsured motorist provision of the motor vehicle insurance policy issued to her by Farmers. The District Court for the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, granted summary judgment in favor of Dagel. Farmers appeals. We affirm.

We address the following issue on appeal:

Did the District Court err in determining that Dagel was not required to exhaust the policy limits for uninsured…