Beukhof v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Co.

OPINION

SCOTT, Justice.

This case arises out of injuries petitioner David A. Beukhof (Beukhof) sustained as a pedestrian on July 27, 1980, when he was struck by a motorcycle. After recovering against the limits of the motorcycle driver’s policy, Beukhof subsequently commenced an action against State Farm Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), his own liability insurer, to have underinsured benefits implied as a matter of law. State Farm denied benefits, alleging that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover statutorily mandated underinsured motorist benefits because the underinsured…