Mattson v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

In this no-fault case, the trial court directed a verdict for defendant Farmers Insurance Exchange at the close of plaintiff Glen Mattson’s proofs. Plaintiffs appeal as of right and we reverse.

On February 20, 1983, Gregory Mattson, then twenty-one years old, ran into a city street, threw himself in front of several automobiles and suffered serious injuries as a result. Throughout that day, Gregory had been staring into space, talking to furniture, remarking that he saw birds in the house and mumbling nonsensically. The psychiatrist who had been treating him since October of 1982 recommended…