VAZQUEZ v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. COA99-492.

529 S.E.2d 480 (2000)

Gustavo Mejia VAZQUEZ, Administrator of the Estate of Tomas Mejia, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Chandler, DeBrun, Fink & Hayes, by W. James Chandler and Walter L. Hart, and Charles G. Monnett, III & Associates, by Charles G. Monnett, III, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Morris, York, Williams, Surles & Barringer, by Gregory C. York and Kevin D. Elliott, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

This case concerns the amount of damages that the plaintiff may recover from the defendant insurance company in his claim for unfair and deceptive trade practices.

On 24 January 1996, Tomas Mejia was a passenger in a van driven by Oscar Trejo. Mr. Trejo's van was involved in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by James Eric Brevard, an uninsured motorist. Mr. Mejia died in the accident and his administrator is the plaintiff in this...

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