Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 5, 2017No. Supreme Court Case No. 14SC890PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabriel
¶1 Consistent with his prior practices, the respondent, Brian K. Johnson, tasked a friend with purchasing automobile insurance for the new car that he and the friend had purchased together. The friend did so, and in the course of that transaction, she chose to reject uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/ UIM) coverage on the new car. After an accident in that car with an underinsured motorist, Johnson contended that his friend’s rejection of UM/UIM coverage was not binding on him. A division of the court of appeals ultimately agreed with him, see Johnson v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2014…
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