Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Gutierrez
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 2007No. 45S03-0608-CV-302PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
A passenger in a truck insured by State Farm Insurance was injured in an accident. The passenger sued both the driver for negligence and State Farm for bad faith. We affirm the trial court’s decision denying the driver’s request that the claims against him be tried separately from those against State Farm. Neither prejudice to his case nor general policy considerations overcome the fact that the driver did not file his request within the deadline set by the trial court.
Background
Gus Guerrero insured his truck with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State…
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