Legal Opinion
Assyia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 22, 2012No. 1 CA-CV 10-0678PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOWNIE, Judge.
¶ 1 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) appeals from a judgment awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to Sylvia Assyia. State Farm contends Assyia’s breach of contract action, alleging a failure to pay uninsured motorist (“UM”) policy benefits to which she was entitled, sounds in tort, not contract, rendering a fee award under Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 12-341.01(A) improper. We disagree and therefore affirm the judgment of the superior court.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2 In June 2008, 90-year-old Assyia was a passenger in a…
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