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Facts

• In 2013, while riding his bicycle along Old Las Vegas Highway in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Plaintiff was struck by a car driven by Matthew Boone, resulting in severe injuries. At the time, the Plaintiff held seven automobile insurance policies with State Farm, each including $100,000 in medical payment coverage for injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident (para 2).

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff: Argued that his insurance policies permitted the stacking of medical payment coverage (para 3).
• Defendant (State Farm): Moved for summary judgment on the issue of stacking medical payment coverage, contending that the Plaintiff’s insurance policies unambiguously included anti-stacking provisions for that coverage (para 3).

Legal Issues

• Whether the Plaintiff's medical payment coverage in his automobile insurance policies could be stacked (para 3).

Disposition

• The appeal by State Farm was dismissed as moot (para 14).

Reasons

• The Court, consisting of Judges Jacqueline R. Medina, J. Miles Hanisee, and Kristina Bogardus, found the appeal moot because the district court had granted State Farm’s motion for a directed verdict, relieving it from liability for the Plaintiff’s medical expenses. This rendered the issue of stacking medical payment coverage moot, as a ruling reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment would not grant State Farm any actual relief. The Court also declined to vacate the district court’s order granting partial summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiff, as the mootness of the issue was not due to happenstance or unilateral action by the Plaintiff but was a direct result of the proceedings at trial (paras 5-13).