ELLIS v. CIGNA PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANIES

No. 24801.

989 P.2d 429 (1999)

128 N.M. 54

1999-NMSC-034

Fremont F. ELLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CIGNA PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANIES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz & Fairbanks, LLP, Ronald J. VanAmberg, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

Law Offices of Jay R. Hone, K. Stephen Royce, Albuquerque, for Appellee.


OPINION

FRANCHINI, Justice.

{1} In this case, certified to us by the Court of Appeals, we affirm the district court's determination that the applicable statute of limitations for a cause of action under an uninsured motorist policy is six years on a written contract. See NMSA 1978, § 37-1-3(A) (1975). However, we disagree with the district court that the limitation period necessarily began to run from the date of the auto incident sued...

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