Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Peaton
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 15, 1990No. 1 CA-CV 88-557PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Judge.
The primary issue in this appeal is whether an insured whose insurer has offered its policy limits to an injured plaintiff is absolutely entitled to enter into a “Damron” 1 agreement with the plaintiff against the wishes of the insurer.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals from a summary judgment in which the trial court declared that it was liable for the full extent of its $50,000 insurance policy issued to appellee Judy Sue Peatón. The court also found that State Farm owed interest on a judgment which the appellees-elaimants had recovered against…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United Services Automobile Ass'n v. MorrisArizona Supreme Court · 1987
- Damron v. SledgeArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- Arizona Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund v. HelmeArizona Supreme Court · 1987
- Critz v. Farmers Insurance GroupCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
- Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Security Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Lloyd v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1996
- Grace v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
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