Wilkeson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} We address in this appeal the viability of an anti-stacking provision in a California automobile insurance policy when the accident giving rise to an uninsured motorist claim occurred in New Mexico. The provision is valid and enforceable under California law. In Shope v. State Farm Insurance Co., 1996-NMSC-052, 122 N.M. 398, 925 P.2d 515, our Supreme Court held that an anti-stacking provision valid in another state was a question of contract interpretation governed by the law of the other state and not a matter of fundamental interests so as to require application…