Lakes v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co.

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Several family members were injured in a car accident and divided the benefits paid by the tortfeasor’s insurer. One family member — Hannah Lakes — also sought to recover under the underinsured motorist endorsement of an insurance policy that applied to all the family members involved in the accident. We reaffirm our decision in Corr v. American Family Insurance, 767 N.E.2d 535 (Ind.2002), and hold that the tortfeasor’s vehicle was underinsured because the amount actually paid to Hannah Lakes was less than the per-person limit of liability of the underinsurance endorsement.

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