Casteel v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

John E. Jennings, Judge.

This litigation arose from a car accident involving Robin Peppers and appellant David Casteel. Appellant recovered the maximum limit of Ms. Peppers’s automobile insurance policy in the amount of $50,000.00, and this case concerns appellant’s underinsurance claim against his own insurer, appellee State Farm. Appellee defended the suit on alternative grounds, arguing that appellant’s own negligence contributed to the cause of the accident or that appellant’s damages did not exceed $50,000.00. A Craighead County jury returned a general verdict for the defense.

Two issues…