Ex Parte State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Durwood L. Holt filed a complaint on October 22, 1982, against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, seeking damages for alleged fraud and bad faith arising out of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits by Holt, a State Farm insured.

The complaint alleged that the insured was severely injured in an automobile accident with an uninsured motorist in December of 1972; that at the time of the collision he was insured under two policies of insurance issued by State Farm, both providing uninsured motorist benefits and medical payments coverage; that his medical expenses alone were in…