State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cromwell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

The plaintiff (appellee), State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, brought this action against Myrl Cromwell and his insurance carrier, Pan American Casualty Company, defendants (appellants), and Everett D. Reid, defendant (appellee), to recover under its subrogation rights for money paid its assured, Elmer Zumalt, by reason of property damage sustained by Zumalt in a three-vehicle collision caused by the alleged negligence of Cromwell and Reid. Zumalt was subsequently made a party defendant. By stipulation of the parties, the cause,…