STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. v. PAYNE

¶1 When describing an insurer’s subrogation claim, we say that the subrogated insurer “steps into the shoes of the plaintiff.” 1 Here, the original plaintiff, Tori Ukpaka, brought a timely lawsuit against the Defendant/Appellee, Nicholas Payne, for injuries arising out of an áutomobile accident that happened in 2012. Ukpaka then voluntarily dismissed that lawsuit in 2015 — after ' the statute of limitations for such actions had run. No one questions that if Ukpaka wanted to refile her claim, the savings statute at 12 O.S. § 100 would allow her up to one year from the date of the dismissal to…