State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Jerry Daughdrill and Helen B. Daughdrill

The facts in this case are fully set forth in our certification to the Supreme Court of Mississippi, 702 F.2d 70 (5th Cir.1983), and in its opinion, which is set out in the Appendix. The Mississippi Supreme Court’s answers to our questions, 474 So.2d 1048 (1985), establish that the district court erred as a matter of law in holding that the Mississippi Uninsured Motorist Coverage Statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 83-11-101 (Supp.1982), requires an insurer to pay punitive damage awards to its insured. Accordingly, we REVERSE the district court’s dismissal of this case and direct that court to enter…