Wilson v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

CADY, Justice.

This is the second appeal in the second lawsuit to arise from a motor vehicle accident in which an automobile struck and killed a pedestrian. In the first lawsuit, the pedestrian’s estate sued the driver of the automobile and a jury awarded damages. In this second lawsuit, the estate is seeking underinsured motorist benefits from the decedent’s insurer. Our decision in the first appeal in this second lawsuit determined the decedent’s underinsured motorist insurer could not relitigate the issue of damages in this second lawsuit, and we remanded for proceedings consistent with our…