STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. v. VALENCIA

No. 16446.

905 P.2d 202 (1995)

120 N.M. 662

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew M. VALENCIA and Oralia Medina, both individually and as next friends of Andrew J. Medina and Judy A. Medina, minors, and Anita Trinidad, individually and as next friend of David Trinidad, a minor, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied October 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Shoobridge, Hobbs, Robert Trenchard, Jr., Trenchard & Buckingham, L.L.P., Roswell, for Defendants-Appellants.

William P. Lynch, Atwood, Malone, Mann & Turner, P.A., Roswell, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

1. This case poses a question of first impression before this Court regarding the interpretation of NMSA 1978, Section 66-5-301(B) (Repl.Pamp.1994)—the underinsured motorist provision of New Mexico's uninsured/underinsured motorist statute—in situations involving multiple claimants. Appellants, Andrew M. Valencia and Oralia Medina, both individually and as next friends of Andrew J. Medina and Judy A. Medina,...

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