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

No. 34,280.

329 P.3d 646 (2014)

2014-NMSC-021

Thomas Patrick WHELAN, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Patrick Whelan, Sr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guebert Bruckner, P.C., Terry R. Guebert , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

O'Friel & Levy, P.C., Daniel J. O'Friel , Aimee S. Bevan , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Simone, Roberts & Weiss, P.A., Meena H. Allen , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.


OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

{1} In Montaño v. Allstate Indemnity Co., a case we acknowledged was a "new direction" in our jurisprudence, this Court modified previously approved procedures for an automobile liability insurance carrier to limit its statutory obligation to stack uninsured and underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage under multiple liability policies, and we established new procedural safeguards of an insured's rights by...

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