State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Fortin

FRYE, Justice.

In a case of first impression before this Court, we must decide whether there was a valid rejection of underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage for a renewal of a personal auto policy issued subsequent to the effective date of the 1991 amendments to N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(b)(4), the UIM provision of the Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act (the Act). The Court of Appeals, affirm*266ing the trial court in this case, held that there was not. For the reasons stated herein, and by our Court of Appeals in Maryland Cas. Co. v. Smith, 117 N.C. App. 593, 452 S.E.2d 318, disc.…