Legal Opinion
Miera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 16, 2004No. 23,249PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Judge.
{1} This appeal invites us to reverse the district court’s summary judgment granted to Defendants State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) and Safeco National Insurance Company (Safe-co), thus extending uninsured motorist (UM) coverage to Robert Miera Jr. when he was shot and killed by an occupant of an uninsured vehicle after Miera got out of the car in which he was riding and was in a confrontation with the occupants of the uninsured vehicle.
{2} We first hold that when Miera severed both his physical contact with the insured vehicle in which he rode…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Britt v. Phoenix Indemnity InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
- Maralex Resources, Inc. v. GilbreathNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2003
- Barncastle v. American National Property & Casualty CompaniesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2000
- Allstate Insurance v. Graham Ex Rel. GrahamNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
- Cuevas v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
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3Cited by6 opinions
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