Powers v. United Services Automobile Ass'n

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I, INTRODUCTION

May an injured plaintiff who has successfully arbitrated an uninsured motorist claim against a primary carrier preclude a secondary carrier from further arbitration where the secondary carrier had neither adequate notice of the first arbitration nor any opportunity to participate in it? The trial court answered this question in the negative,. We agree and affirm.

II, FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Karl Roth Powers was injured in an automobile collision in December 1994 involving an uninsured driver, At the time, he was a passenger in a car insured by State Farm.…