Mitchell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

MAIN, Justice.

Following an automobile accident in which Tracy Mitchell was injured when the vehicle in which she was an occupant was struck by a vehicle being driven by Amy Kirk, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”), Mitchell’s insurer, paid Mitchell’s medical expenses, among other coverage payments, and then sought, through subrogation, reimbursement from Kirk’s insurer, Cotton States Mutual Insurance Company (“Cotton States”). Mitchell filed a personal-injury action against Kirk, State Farm, and fictitiously named defendants, alleging as to State Farm, among other…