Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. D.L.B. Ex Rel. Brake
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 2008No. 89S05-0802-CV-102PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 89A05-0512-CV-747
SULLIVAN, Justice.
In July 2000, while riding bicycles with his four-year-old cousin, D.L.B., six-year-old Seth Baker was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Herbert Wallace. D.L.B. was not himself physically injured but suffered from PosL-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of witnessing his cousin’s fatal injuries.
Wallace was insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The State Farm policy included bodily injury coverage in the amount of $100,000 for “each person” and $800,000 for “each…
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