Wiard v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

ROBINSON, Judge.

{1} This case addresses coverage for a separate loss of consortium claim under the claimant’s uninsured/underinsured automobile policies, pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 66-5-301(B) (1983). Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) appeals from a summary judgment order in favor of Plaintiff Ted Wiard (Wiard) on Wiard’s complaint for declaratory relief. The trial court determined State Farm was liable for uninsured/underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage for Wiard’s loss of consortium claims based upon the deaths of his two daughters in an automobile…