Hamrick Ex Rel. Estate of Hamrick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Littlejohn, Justice:

This action was brought by the respondent, Jeanette E. Hamrick, as Administratrix of the estate of her husband, Dale Hamrick (decedent), against the appellant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (State Farm), decedent’s automobile insurance carrier. In effect at the time of decedent’s death was a policy of insurance which provided coverage pursuant to the Automobile Reparation Reform Act of 1974 (the Act). The plaintiff, which we will refer to as “the estate,” seeks to recover disability benefits or loss of income alleged to have been provided by the policy of…