Alfa Mutual Insurance v. Barbee

I respectfully disagree. The trial court improperly made reference to Alfa’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage and wrongly considered the amount of that coverage when dividing the interpleaded proceeds of the State Farm liability policy amongst the injured parties.

One can certainly empathize with the unenviable position of the trial judge. He obviously determined that the funds available from the State Farm policy were not adequate to cover the damages presented by the various parties. However, the proceeds from the Alfa policy were not available to remedy this dilemma.

The trial…