[Download] "State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. V. Maidment" by New Mexico Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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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.