Guthrie v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiff commenced an action against his insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), to recover benefits for injuries caused by the negligence of an uninsured motorist. The General Insurance Company of America (Safeco) intervened, alleging that it had overpaid plaintiff $5,000 by mistake and contending that this sum was owing from either plaintiff or State Farm. The case was tried to the court without a jury and the court held that plaintiff was not entitled to recover from State Fárm and that Safeco was entitled to recover the $5,000 from State Farm. Plaintiff…