State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Hecker

LEMMON, Judge.

This appeal involves an automobile accident in which a stopped vehicle was struck from the rear by a car driven by Mrs. Meiriel Hecker. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, insurer of the stopped vehicle, paid the sum of $775.00 under its uninsured motorist coverage to a passenger, Miss Carrie Rickert, for her injuries sustained in the accident and then filed this suit, as beneficiary of the rights of Miss Rickert, to recover the amount of the payment. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of State Farm, and Mrs. Hecker appealed.

At the threshold Mrs. Hecker…