Bennett v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

This case is before us on a question certified to this Court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. We accepted certification by order dated August 27,1992.

Respondent Bonnie Alderink Bennett (Bennett) brought an action in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, Montana, seeking a declaration that she was entitled to the cumulative amount of the “underinsured motorist coverage” provided by two automobile insurance policies issued to Bennett and her husband by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). State Farm removed the case to the…