Cheri W. Heflin v. Stephen Merrill

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The plaintiff in this automobile-accident lawsuit sued her underinsured-motorist insurance carrier. Even though the UM carrier admitted liability and agreed to pay any damages awarded at trial that exceeded available liability coverage, the plaintiff insisted on informing the jury of the insurance company’s status as a defendant. The trial judge refused to allow it. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. Stephen Merrill crashed into the back of Cheri and Mike Heflin’s automobile. Cheri sued Merrill’s estate1 and her…