Wakefield v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

The plaintiff, William Blake Wakefield, appeals from a summary judgment for the defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm"), in this action to collect uninsured/underinsured motorist protection benefits, and medical expenses and payment for damage to property under the newly-acquired-vehicles provision of an automobile insurance policy. We affirm.

The plaintiff's son, William Paul Wakefield, was killed when the heavy duty 3/4-ton utility truck that he was driving collided with another vehicle. The plaintiff had purchased the truck approximately one week before the…