Shope v. State Farm Insurance

OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

1. State Farm Insurance Company appeals from a summary judgment, on stipulated facts, granting uninsured motorist benefits to its insured, Charles P. Shope, whose son Joseph was killed by an uninsured motorist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The district court found that the insurance eon-tract between the parties was a Virginia contract that should be interpreted under Virginia law. However, the court concluded that application of Virginia law to provisions in the insurance contract so as to deny the stacking of uninsured motorist coverage would violate New Mexico public…