Berutti v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiffs, Clifford Berutti and Helga Berutti, appeal the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment for defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). Plaintiffs sought a declaration that defendant was required to pay benefits for Helga Berutti’s loss of consortium claim under plaintiffs’ underinsured motorist coverage. Defendant argued that it had tendered the one-person policy limit for Clifford Berutti’s injuries and Helga’s claim for loss of consortium was not a separate injury. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denied…