State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Nathan

UWATKINS, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether an uninsured motorist carrier is entitled to re-, cover, from a tortfeasor, the payments it made to its insured prior to the insured’s release of the tortfeasor. We affirm the trial court’s decision permitting recovery by the UM carrier against the tortfeasor.

FACTS

On April 20, 1991, the defendant, Sandra Nathan, struck the rear end of Mr. Byford McCreary’s vehicle while it was stopped at an intersection. The impact caused a chain reaction by pushing Mr. McCreary’s vehicle into the vehicle in front of him and that vehicle into the…