Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. A. L. Scholes
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1979No. 78-2005PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) appeals from an order of the district court dismissing its declaratory relief action against A. L. Scholes (Scholes) without prejudice.
On January 10, 1971, Marita Watchman (Watchman) was injured in an accident which occurred when Scholes backed up his pickup truck while Watchman, in the company of her grandmother, was attempting to board the pickup truck from the rear.1 At the time of the accident Scholes was insured by State Farm for bodily injury and property damage liability.
Following the accident, Watchman…
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