Vazquez v. Allstate Insurance

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

This case concerns the amount of damages that the plaintiff may recover from the defendant insurance company in his claim for unfair and deceptive trade practices.

On 24 January 1996, Tomas Mejia was a passenger in a van driven by Oscar Trejo. Mr. Trejo’s van was involved in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by James Eric Brevard, an uninsured motorist. Mr. Mejia died in the accident and his administrator is the plaintiff in this action.

At the time of the accident, Mejia and Trejo both had insurance policies with defendant Allstate Insurance Company. Each policy…