Miles v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Legge, Justice.

Plaintiff, insured under defendant’s policy against liability for bodily injury caused by the operation of her automobile, brought this action in tort alleging negligence and bad faith on defendant’s part in failing to defend, settle, or save her harmless from the claim of her daughter-in-law, a passenger in said automobile, who had been injured while plaintiff was operating it. She appeals, charging that the trial Judge erred: (1) in directing a verdict in favor of the defendant; and (2) in excluding certain proffered testimony.

The policy, limiting the amount of coverage to…