State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, Co. v. Mizuno, No. 17-15947 (9th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Ninth Circuit certified the following question of state law to the Supreme Court of Hawai'i: Under Hawai'i law, is a permissive user of an insured vehicle, whose connection to the insured vehicle is permission to use the vehicle to run errands and drive to work, entitled to uninsured motorist (UM) benefits under the chain-of-events test because he was injured by an uninsured motorist?
Court Description: Certified Question to the Supreme Court of Hawai‘i. The panel certified the following question of state law to the Supreme Court of Hawai‘i: Under Hawai‘i law, is a permissive user of an insured vehicle, whose connection to the insured vehicle is permission to use the vehicle to run errands and drive to work, entitled to uninsured motorist (UM) benefits under the chain-of-events test because he was injured by an uninsured motorist?
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