Bennett v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HATFIELD, Chief Judge.

Bonnie Lynn Alderink Bennett was an insured under two separate policies of insurance issued by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”), each of which provided “underin-sured” motorist coverage. Each policy provided a limit of coverage in the amount of $100,000.00. In 1986, Bennett was struck by a pickup truck as she was crossing a street in Bozeman, Montana. Bennett filed a claim with State Farm asserting her entitlement to coverage under the underin-sured motorist endorsements of the two State Farm policies in the total amount…