Bennett v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

862 P.2d 1146 (1993)

Bonnie Lynn Alderink BENNETT, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 92-416.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted on May 6, 1993.

Decided November 4, 1993.

Pamela A. Okano (argued) and William R. Hickman, Reed McClure Law Firm, Seattle, Washington; Allen P. Lanning, Conklin, Nybo and LeVeque, Great Falls, for defendant and appellant.

Lyman H. Bennett (argued), Morrow, Sedivy & Bennett, Bozeman, for plaintiff and respondent.

Michael D. Cok (argued) Cok & Wheat, Bozeman for for amicus curiae. MT Trial Lawyers.

Patrick…