Thurman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

BENHAM, Justice.

Gail Thurman, a postal carrier for the United States Postal Service, was injured on the job when her postal truck was struck by a vehicle driven by appellee Mamie Brown. After filing suit against Brown for more than Brown’s insurance policy limits of $100,000, Thurman and her husband settled with Brown for $95,554.19, Brown’s policy limits reduced by the amount paid to the U.S.P.S. for damage to the postal truck ($4,445.81). Because Thurman had received payments for lost wages and medical expenses from her employer’s workers’ compensation carrier pursuant to the Federal…