MEWES v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INS. CO., INC.

No. 93-1649.

530 N.W.2d 718 (1995)

Jack L. MEWES and Jane M. Mewes, Appellants, v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., an Illinois Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Rubes, Council Bluffs, for appellants.

Darrell J. Isaacson of Laird, Heiny, McManigal, Wings, Duffy & Stambaugh, P.L.C., Mason City, for appellee.

Considered by CARTER, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


SNELL, Justice.

In this case, Jane M. and Jack L. Mewes appeal a district court decision which granted summary judgment in favor of the State Farm Automobile Insurance Company. At issue is the propriety of State Farm policy provisions which limited the Mewes' total recovery of underinsurance coverage to an amount equal to the highest applicable State Farm policy limit rather than to an amount that would have provided them full compensation. The district court held...

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