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February 7, 2006. We learn from those papers, and the
documents attached thereto, that petitioner was injured in
an automobile accident on November 11, 1983. The driver
of the other car fled from the scene of the accident. By
letter dated August 22, 1985, petitioner’s attorney made
demand on State Farm for $75,000 to settle petitioner’s
claim for continuing medical expenses. In response, State
Farm paid to petitioner $15,000, the policy limit under one
of petitioner’s two automobile insurance policies, but it
refused to pay anything under a second policy. Apparently,
that payment of $15,000 was made sometime between July 24,
1982, and July 20, 1988, and is not a part of the $30,000
which is at issue in the instant case.
Subsequently, petitioner became a party to the class
action suit captioned Campbell v. State Farm. As described
above, that suit challenged the refusal of State Farm to
allow customers to “stack” multiple uninsured and/or
underinsured motorist coverages provided under State Farm
policies. According to the notice of class action, the
class of persons covered by the lawsuit is defined as
follows:
a. Each person (and each person who has a claim
for the wrongful death of a person) who was
insured under multiple automobile liability
insurance policies that: (1) were purchased by
one insured on difference vehicles; (2) included
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