Legal Opinion
Salas v. Mountain States Mutual Casualty Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 10, 2007No. 26,385PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
{1} Plaintiff Mary Salas filed a complaint for breach of contract after Mountain States Mutual refused to provide her underinsured motorist coverage under a policy Mountain States had issued to Plaintiffs son and daughter-in-law. Mountain States requested summary judgment arguing that Plaintiff had failed to comply with the consent-to-settle provisions of the policy. The district court apparently agreed, granted summary judgment in favor of Mountain States and dismissed the complaint. Plaintiff appeals and we reverse.
A. BACKGROUND
{2} On March 2, 2000, Plaintiff was a…
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Sloan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
- Battishill v. Farmers Alliance InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2006
- Jackson National Life Insurance v. RececoniNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
- Amica Mutual Insurance v. MaloneyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
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