Proctor v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

MITCHELL, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is what amount of underinsured motorist coverage is required by law when an insurer has not complied with N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(b)(4) and the liability insurance policy in which the underinsured motorist coverage is required does not state the existence or the amount of such coverage. The trial court and the majority in the Court of Appeals concluded that under such circumstances the statute, as *222it was written at the time relevant to this case,1 required underinsured motorist coverage equal to the maximum liability coverage provided…