Legal Opinion
Tubbs v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 21, 2015No. Court of Appeals No. 14CA0782PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE ASHBY
T1 Plaintiff, Steffan Tubbs, appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of defendant, Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers). We conclude that the plain language of Colorado's uninsured/underinsured motorist (UIM) statute, section 10-4609(1)(c), C.R.S. 2014, prevents a UIM policy from requiring that the insured party actually collect the maximum amount possible from the tortfeasor's Hability policy before triggering the insured's own UIM coverage. Therefore, we reverse and remand.
I. Background
T 2 Tubbs was involved in a car accident in California with another…
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