Legal Opinion
North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Hilliard
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided June 21, 1988No. 8710SC1147PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAGLES, Judge.
In this declaratory judgment action between two insurance companies to determine the order of payment to an individual insured under two separate underinsurance policies, the trial court ordered Hilliard’s “own insurer,” Farm Bureau, to pay first. We reverse and remand.
*509Since this accident occurred on 8 July 1985, the 1983 version of G.S. 20-279.21 applies. The General Assembly has amended the statute twice since. The only issues before us are the order of payment between the two insurers and the amount of each insurer’s share of the settlement figure.
“Underinsurance” provides a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. Shelby Mutual Ins. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. ChantosSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- Carriers Insurance Co. v. American Policyholders' InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Crowder v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986
- Buckeye Union Insurance v. State Automobile Mutual InsuranceOhio Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Hlasnick v. Federated Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
- NC Farm Bureau, Mut. Ins. Co. v. BostCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
- Onley v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1995
- Harrington v. StevensSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
- Iodice v. JonesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1999
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