BEAL v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Docket: Was-09-205.

989 A.2d 733 (2010)

2010 ME 20

Patricia Ruth BEAL v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Greif, Esq. (orally), Julie D. Farr, Esq., Gilbert & Greif, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Patricia Ruth Beal.

Catherine R. Connors, Esq. (orally), Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland, ME, Daniel I. Billings, Esq., J. William Druary, Jr., Esq., Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Stevens, Waterville, ME, for Allstate Insurance Company.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] This appeal presents questions related to a high-low settlement agreement—between a person injured in an automobile collision and an underinsured tortfeasor—and the interplay of that agreement with the injured party's underinsured motorist insurance policy and Maine's underinsured motorist coverage statute, 24-A M.R.S. § 2902 (2009).

[¶ 2] Patricia Ruth Beal, who was injured in an automobile collision, appeals...

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