Atkins v. Allstate Insurance

HENDRY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered by the circuit court in a declaratory judgment action brought by the insurer against its insured. Appellee-insurer, Allstate Insurance Company, had filed the action following the entry of an uninsured motorist arbitration award for the insured by an accident claims tribunal under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association. The complaint alleged, inter alia, that the arbitrators’ award was improper in that it appeared to duplicate benefits previously received by the insured from personal injury protection benefits, medical…