STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. v. BUCKINGHAM

No. 350, 2006.

919 A.2d 1111 (2007)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and Nationwide Assurance Company (f/k/a Colonial Insurance Company of Wisconsin), Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Richard D. BUCKINGHAM, III, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Leff, Casarino, Christman & Shalk, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for appellant State Farm.

Robert J. Leoni, Morgan, Shelsby & Leoni, Stanton, DE, for appellant Nationwide.

Christopher J. Sipe, Christopher J. Sipe, P.A., Newark, DE, for appellee Buckingham.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the court en banc.


STEELE, Chief Justice:

In this case, an unidentified man got out of his pickup truck and assaulted plaintiff-appellee, Richard D. Buckingham, III, while Buckingham and a passenger were stopped at a traffic light in the passenger's car. Buckingham filed an action in Superior Court against defendant-appellants automobile insurance carriers, State Farm Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Assurance Company, seeking uninsured motorist benefits under relevant policies...

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