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

No. 296PA98.

513 S.E.2d 782 (1999)

350 N.C. 264

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Toni M. FORTIN and Bruce Allen Fortin

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haywood, Denny & Miller, L.L.P., by Robert E. Levin, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gibbons, Cozart, Jones, Hughes, Sallenger & Taylor, by W. Earl Taylor, Jr., Wilson, for defendant-appellees.


FRYE, Justice.

In a case of first impression before this Court, we must decide whether there was a valid rejection of underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage for a renewal of a personal auto policy issued subsequent to the effective date of the 1991 amendments to N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(b)(4), the UIM provision of the Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act (the Act). The Court of Appeals, affirming the trial court in this case, held that there was not...

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