Farmers Ins. Co., Inc. v. Thomas

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUMMERS, Justice.

Elaine Goodman was a passenger injured in a car accident wherein her driver, one Carolyn Beckham, formerly Thomas, was killed. Goodman, upon ascertaining that a third party tort-feasor’s liability insurance coverage was inadequate as to her damages, filed an underinsured motorist claim against her own insurance company, National Farmer’s Union Property and Casualty Company (National Farmers).

Then Goodman and National Farmers together filed an action against yet another insurance company, Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company (Farmers Alliance). This…