Mahin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

On November 22, 1987, Susan L. Await was killed when she was struck by a vehicle negligently driven by Andrew Clayton. Clayton carried liability coverage under two separate policies of insurance. Await was insured under a policy issued by defendant-appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, which provided uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage in the amounts of $250,000 per person and $500,000 per accident.

Awalt’s estate settled with Clayton’s insurers. Subsequently, plaintiff-appellant John E. Mahin, administrator of Awalt’s estate, submitted a claim to State Farm…