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STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. v. SAFECO INS.

No. 33,622.

298 P.3d 452 (2013)

2013-NMSC-006

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY, New Mexico Municipal League and New Mexico Self Insurers' Fund, Hallmark Insurance Company, formerly Phoenix Indemnity Insurance Company and Geico General Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees, and Farmers Insurance Company of Arizona, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guebert Bruckner, P.C., Donald George Bruckner , Christopher J. DeLara , Paul Martin Cash , Travis J. White , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Kevin M. Sexton , Albuquerque, NM, Andrew S. Montgomery , Jaime R. Kennedy , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee Safeco Insurance Company.

Hale & Dixon, P.C., Timothy S. Hale , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees The New Mexico Municipal League and The New Mexico Self Insurers' Fund.

The Law Offices of Bruce S. McDonald, Bruce S. McDonald , Daniel P. Ulibarri , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Hallmark Insurance Company.

Simone, Roberts & Weiss, P.A., David William Frizzell , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Geico General Insurance Company.

O'Brien & Padilla, P.C., Daniel J. O'Brien , Albuquerque, NM, Keitha Anne Leonard , Santa Fe, NM, for Defendant-Appellant Farmers Insurance Company of Arizona.

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} The questions certified to us by the Court of Appeals pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 34-5-14(C) (1972), require us to answer whether the primary or the secondary underinsured motorist (UIM) insurer, if either, should be given the statutory offset for the tortfeasor's liability coverage. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Safeco Ins. Co., No. 31,161, ¶ 5 (N.M.Ct.App. May 11, 2012) (order of certification...

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