Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.

WOLF, Judge.

Auto-Owners Insurance Company (Auto-Owners) appeals from a final judgment entered after the trial court granted Cincinnati Insurance Company’s (Cincinnati) motion for summary judgment. The decision of the trial court is affirmed.

*396The issue before the trial court was whether Cincinnati (uninsured motorist carrier) was prejudiced as a result of the insured’s entering into a settlement and release with the tort-feasor without giving notice to and obtaining consent from Cincinnati. The resolution of this issue depended on whether the tort-feasor was and will remain judgment proof.…