Romaine v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, C. J.:

This action involves a suit for damages incurred on December 14, 1966 when an automobile driven by Vivian Bigelow Lewis collided with an automobile driven by Richard Joseph Romaine. Suit was commenced by filing the complaint on December 16, 1968, a Monday. State Farm, Romaine’s insurer, was allowed to intervene as a defendant under its uninsured motorist clause and moved for summary judgment because of running of the two-year statute of limitations. The motion was granted and this appeal follows.

The two-year statute of limitations expired in this case on…