Aiola v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

GREMILLION, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, Russel Aiola, appeals the trial court's judgment finding that his claim against the defendant-appellee, his uninsured motorist carrier, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, was prescribed. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Aiola was injured following a February 4, 2015 motor vehicle accident with Howard Hughes II, whose insurer tendered policy limits of $ 50,000.00 to Aiola.1 On May 14, 2015, Aiola's counsel forwarded a demand for medical payments (med-pay) to Aiola's uninsured motorist carrier (UM),…