Azima v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

HARDBERGER, Justice.

This is an uninsured motorist insurance case. Jasmine Azima was in an accident with Sturdivant, an uninsured motorist. Her insurance policy with State Farm, her insurer, required the insurer’s written consent to sue the uninsured motorist before a judgment against the motorist would bind State Farm. Azima claims to have obtained that consent before she sued Sturdivant in a separate lawsuit. That lawsuit culminated in a $1,000,000 default judgment. Azima presented the judgment to State Farm and demanded payment of the policy limits of $100,000 under the underinsured…