Amato v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Michael and Deborah Am-ato, appeal the judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County in favor of their under-insured-motor-vehicle carrier, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The plaintiffs claim the trial court erred in denying their motion for a directed verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor at the close of all the evidence. However, because the Amatos’ settlement with the other driver, which State Farm negotiated as the other driv ers’ liability-insurance carrier, did not es-top State Farm from…