McMILLIAN v. N.C. FARM BUREAU MUT. INS.

No. 104PA97.

495 S.E.2d 352 (1998)

347 N.C. 560

Douglas H. McMILLIAN and Margaret S. McMillian v. NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and Allstate Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Hodgman and Associates by Robert S. Hodgman, Greensboro, and Todd P. Oxner, Summerfield, for plaintiff-appellees.

Henson & Henson, L.L.P. by Perry C. Henson, Jr., and Rachel Scott Decker, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant N.C. Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co.

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P. by Stephen P. Millikin, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant Allstate Ins. Co.

Morgan & Reeves by Robert B. Morgan, and Robert R. Gardner, Raleigh, on behalf of Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co., amicus curiae.

Baker & Jones, P.A. by H. Mitchell Baker, III, Wilmington, on behalf of North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


PARKER, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether defendant insurance companies are authorized under N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(e) to reduce uninsured motorist ("UM") coverage under their respective policies by the amount plaintiff Douglas McMillian has received for his injuries from workers' compensation. We hold that the reduction is authorized by the statute.

On 2 April 1990 plaintiff Douglas H. McMillian was...

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