North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Stamper

ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Defendants argue that the trial court erred in determining that no UIM benefits were provided through decedent’s BAP because the covered vehicle was not a “private passenger motor vehicle” as required for interpolicy stacking under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-279.21(b)(4) (1993). We disagree.

The statute governing the stacking of UIM policies was amended and became effective in 1991, and decedent’s BAP was issued in 1992. Therefore, the UIM statute as amended applies in this case. However, the Supreme Court’s most recent pronouncements regarding UIM interpolicy stacking interpret…