SAFECO INS. CO. v. U.S. FIDELITY & GUAR. CO.

No. 14643.

679 P.2d 816 (1984)

101 N.M. 148

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a foreign corporation, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, a Maryland corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.E. Casados, Gallagher & Casados, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

John E. Farrow, Fairfield, Farrow, Hunt, Reecer & Strotz, Albuquerque, for respondent.


OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

This action arose when Kim Taylor's automobile collided with an automobile driven by Nicholas Calomino and an automobile driven by Richard Vigil and owned by Eugene Vigil. Taylor was insured by USF & G, Calomino was insured by Safeco, and the Vigils were uninsured. After USF & G paid the bulk of Taylor's damages, it sued Calomino, Safeco, and the Vigils on a subrogation theory, and named Taylor an involuntary plaintiff to...

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