Legal Opinion
Smith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided January 12, 2017No. Court of Appeals No. 15CA2037PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE DUNN
¶ 1 Neill Smith suffered serious injuries when he was skewered by hay spears attached to a farm tractor driven by Robert Bunker. The district court dismissed the complaint he and his wife, Bliss Bishop, filed against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, concluding that the tractor was not a covered motor vehicle under them State Farm insurance policy.1 Mr. Smith now asks us to undo that ruling. The question before us then is whether State Farm’s underinsured motorist (UIM) provision provides coverage to Mr. Smith for bodily injury sustained in an automobile…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Allstate Insurance Co. v. HuizarSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. NissenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. SteinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
- American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. HansenSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
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3Cited by6 opinions
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