Fildes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

CRIST, Judge.

Appellant-Defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), appeals from the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs-Respondents, Ellsworth and Cleta Fildes (Plaintiffs), in a declaratory judgment action to determine State Farm’s limit of liability for uninsured motorist benefits. We reverse and remand.

On March 17, 1991, at approximately 5:45 p.m., Ellsworth Fildes was injured in an automobile accident in St. Charles County when his automobile and the automobile of John Goodwin collided on Highway B. On March 24, 1992,…