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

No. 97SC587.

961 P.2d 487 (1998)

Doris E. PETERMAN, John H. Peterman, Sally Joseph, and Penny Hardrick, Petitioners, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Steven Taffet, Steven Taffet, Boulder, Harshman & McBee, Donald McBee, Grand Junction, for Petitioners.

James R. Alvillar, Grand Junction, for Respondent.

Breit, Bosch, Levin and Coppola, P.C., Bradley A. Levin, Denver, for Amicus Curiae The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.


Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' ruling in Peterman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 948 P.2d 63 (Colo.App.1997) concerning the operation of a consent to sue clause and an arbitration clause in the uninsured motorist provisions of an insurance contract. Specifically we address: (1) whether an insurer could enforce an arbitration clause relating...

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