Atencio v. Mid-Century Insurance Co.

COYTE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the entry of a judgment in the amount of $3400 in favor of plaintiff. We affirm.

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident in which the responsible party was uninsured. She recovered PIP benefits from her own insurance company, the defendant, of $7964. There was then submitted to arbitration her claim against her company under the uninsured motorists provision of her policy which provided coverage up to $15,000. The arbitrator found total damages suffered by plaintiff to be $19,564 from which he deducted the $7964 PIP benefits paid to plaintiff and…