Chen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Juan Chen’s insurer, State Farm, paid for damage to her car after she was injured in a car accident. Chen sued and settled with the insurer of the driver who was at fault, recovering damages for her personal injuries. State Farm had a classic subrogation right to recover the property damages directly from the other driver’s insurer and did so without any help from Chen. The trial court properly found that she was not entitled to have State Farm pay a pro rata share of the attorney fees attributable to the property damage. The court also properly dismissed Chen’s bad faith suit against State…