Legal Opinion
Manzanares v. Allstate Insurance
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 28, 2006No. 25,451PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Judge.
{1} Plaintiff appeals the district court’s award of summary judgment to Defendant Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate). This ease raises a single question: when an insured recovers an amount of actual damages from the tortfeasors’ insurance companies that exceeds her own uninsured/underinsured (UIM) coverage, can she then still recover punitive damages under her UIM coverage because the tortfeasors’ liability insurance excluded coverage for punitive damages? We hold that although UIM coverage includes punitive damages in New Mexico, such coverage does not negate a valid…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Self v. United Parcel Service, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- Stinbrink v. Farmers Ins. Co. of ArizonaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1990
- Stewart v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1986
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Progressive Specialty InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
- STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. v. ProgressiveNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Brooks v. State Farm Insurance Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
- Farmers Ins. Co. of Ariz. v. SandovalNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2011
- Farmers Ins. Co. of Arizona v. SandovalNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2011
- Gulbransen v. Progressive Halcyon InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2010
- Castillo v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2022
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