Grider-Garcia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile

Kimberly Grider-Garcia appeals a final judgment in favor of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, entered after the trial court had granted State Farm’s motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of Grider-Garcia’s presentation of evidence. The deficiency in Grider-Garcia’s proof was her failure to introduce into evidence the insurance policy upon which she had based her claim. When this deficiency was brought to her attention during argument on State Farm’s motion, Grider-Garcia promptly sought to reopen her case to introduce the policy. The trial court denied Grider-Garcia’s…