Mewes v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INS. CO., INC.
Supreme Court of Iowa
1Opinion of the Court
SNELL, Justice.
In this case, Jane M. and Jack L. Mewes appeal a district court decision which granted summary judgment in favor of the State Farm Automobile Insurance Company. At issue is the propriety of State Farm policy provisions which limited the Mewes’ total recovery of underinsurance coverage to an amount equal to the highest applicable State Farm policy limit rather than to an amount that would have provided them full compensation. The district court held State Farm’s policies only applied to the extent the highest limit of the State Farm policies exceeded the underinsured motorist…
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