Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Aug 23, 2022
Farmers Insurance Company, Inc. vs. Jill Mabie, et al.
Farmers Insurance Company appealed the trial court's dismissal of its amended petition for interpleader. The underlying dispute involved multiple claims against Farmers' insured arising from a car accident, where Farmers sought to resolve the distribution of its policy limits among the claimants. The trial court dismissed the petition for failure to state a claim. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that Farmers had sufficiently pleaded the necessary elements for an interpleader action under Missouri law.