State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Gomez

COPE, Judge.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals an adverse final judgment in favor of its insured, plaintiff Guido Gomez. We reverse.

Plaintiff was insured by State Farm under an automobile policy which included uninsured motorist coverage. Plaintiff’s automobile was struck by a motor vehicle owned and driven by Oliverio Antonio To-meu, a codefendant below. Tomeu carried personal injury protection (PIP) coverage but not liability coverage.

At trial of plaintiff’s uninsured motorist claim against State Farm, plaintiff successfully argued that under the State Farm policy he…