Walton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

OGATA, J.

On May 27, 1971, plaintiff-appellee (hereinafter appellee or appellee-insured) was seriously injured in an automobile accident while riding as a passenger in the car of Gary Seto. Appellee’s host driver (Seto), and appellee himself both carried uninsured motor vehicle coverage as the named insureds of separate automobile liability insurance policies. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the automobile accident was an uninsured motorist. Appellee collected from host driver Seto’s insurer the amount of $10,000, the maximum amount recoverable under the…