KANG v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 14335.

815 P.2d 1020 (1991)

Lucy KANG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and John Does 1-10, Doe Corporations, Partnerships, and/or Other Entities 1-10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan T. deWerd (Turk & Agena, David L. Turk, with him on the brief), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant Lucy Kang.

Wayne H. Muraoka (Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, David J. Dezzani and Corlis J. Chang with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Before LUM, C.J., and PADGETT, HAYASHI, WAKATSUKI and MOON, JJ.


MOON, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant Lucy Kang (Kang), a passenger in a motor vehicle owned and driven by Agnes Kim (Kim), was seriously injured when Kim lost control of the vehicle and struck a concrete wall. Kang sought both liability and underinsured motorist benefits under a policy issued to Kim by defendant-appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). State Farm paid Kang the policy limit under the liability coverage but denied underinsured...

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