Legal Opinion
Appointment of Umpire for Hayes Family Trust v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2017No. 15-6164PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge.
This appeal arises from a property damage claim filed by the Hayes Family Trust with its insurer, State Farm Fire & Casualty. When the parties could not agree on the amount of loss, Hayes invoked an appraisal process provided by the policy to calculate the loss incurred. The policy establishes a procedure whereby each party selects an impartial appraiser; the appraisers then select an impartial umpire. But if the appraisers are unable to agree on an umpire, the policy grants either party the right to seek appointment of the umpire by the court. After Hayes sought the…
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