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Title: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. V. Maidment
Author : New Mexico Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 30, 1988
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 72 KB

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In Stewart v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 104 N.M. 744, 726 P.2d 1374 (1986), the supreme court held that under New Mexico's uninsured motorist law, an insured may recover punitive damages from his insurer if he would be legally entitled to recover them from the uninsured motorist. The case before us raises the question of whether an insured can recover punitive damages from his insurer when the uninsured motorist dies before an award is made. We hold he cannot since he would not be legally entitled to recover those damages from the estate of the uninsured motorist.