Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Pate
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 31, 2001No. 01-2108PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Brian D. Pate and Jennifer Pate, on behalf of themselves and their minor children (collectively “the Pates”), appeal the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that held that they could not recover under the uninsured motorist provision in the automobile insurance policy issued to them by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”). The Pates were injured in an accident caused by an unidentified vehicle that left the scene and did not strike the Pates’ car. In such circumstances, their insurance policy limits…
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