Ronning v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

OPINION

SCHELLHAS, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court’s rule 12.02(e) dismissal of his claim for un-derinsured motorist benefits based on his failure, ¡to, first recover from the underin-sured tortfeasor through adjudication or settlement. We affirm. . .

FACTS1

In April 2012, appellant Michael Ron-ning suffered permanent injuries in Iowa *36after a pickup truck in which he was a passenger collided with a vehicle driven by Lawrence Kruger. Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company insured the truck under a policy that included $1 million in underinsured motorist coverage.…