Allstate Insurance Co. v. Anderson

608 P.2d 235 (1980)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Richard Bruce ANDERSON, Defendant and Respondent.

No. 16411.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 3, 1980.

L.E. Midgley, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

N. George Daines of Daines & Daines, Logan, for defendant and respondent.

STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiff, Allstate Insurance Company, brought this action to recover no-fault insurance benefits paid to its insured, the defendant, following a settlement between the defendant and the insurance carrier of a third-party tortfeasor.

In January 1976 defendant, a…