Legal Opinion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Kimberly S. Earl and The Estate of Jerry Earl

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided January 24, 2014No. 36A05-1212-CT-635PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

In this case, we are presented with an issue of first impression in Indiana. More particularly, appellant-defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) asks us to join other states that have determined Uninsured Motorist (UM) insurance limits to be inadmissible. Here, a jury returned a verdict of $250,000 for appellees-plaintiffs Kimberly Earl and the Estate of Jerry Earl (collectively, "the Earls") after Jerry was injured in a motorcycle accident through no fault of his own. State Farm argues that the trial court erred when it allowed into evidence…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Morse v. DavisIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. Kvamme v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. DewberryDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. Gibson v. BojrabIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  5. Mark S. Weinberger, M.D. v. Gloria GillIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Kimberly S. Earl and the Estate of Jerry EarlIndiana Supreme Court · 2015

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