Rodgers v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Blackburn, Judge.

Kevin J. Rodgers appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of his uninsured motorist carrier, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), in his suit for breach of contract. Rodgers filed his action after St. Paul denied under-insured motorists benefits to him following his settlement with the tortfeasor by execution of a general release. Rodgers was injured when his truck collided with a car driven by an under-insured motorist, Randall McClain. After negotiating a settlement with McClain’s insurer for the limits of McClain’s policy and executing a…