Bell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Neely, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Monongalia County in which plaintiffs were awarded the sum of $20,000 in a suit under the West Virginia Uninsured Motorist Law against the defendant insurer. Plaintiffs Hubert Murray and Shirley Murray Bell are respectively father and daughter, each of whom carried a separate automobile liability insurance policy with the defendant State Farm. Both policies were in effect on June 8, 1970, when an uninsured motorist collided with Shirley Bell, and both policies included uninsured motorist coverage. Shirley Bell’s policy protected her…