BENNETT v. STATE FARM INS. CO.

No. 92-416.

862 P.2d 1146 (1993)

Bonnie Lynn Alderink BENNETT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela A. Okano (argued) and William R. Hickman, Reed McClure Law Firm, Seattle, Washington; Allen P. Lanning, Conklin, Nybo and LeVeque, Great Falls, for defendant and appellant.

Lyman H. Bennett (argued), Morrow, Sedivy & Bennett, Bozeman, for plaintiff and respondent.

Michael D. Cok (argued) Cok & Wheat, Bozeman for for amicus curiae. MT Trial Lawyers.

Patrick R. Sheehy, Halverson, Sheehy & Plath, Billings for amicus curiae MT Trial Lawyers.

Peter F. Habein and Mary E. Duncan, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, Billings for amicus curiae Farmers Ins. Exchange.


HARRISON, Justice.

This case is before us on a question certified to this Court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. We accepted certification by order dated August 27, 1992.

Respondent Bonnie Alderink Bennett (Bennett) brought an action in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, Montana, seeking a declaration that she was entitled to the cumulative amount of the "underinsured motorist coverage" provided by two automobile...

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