McArthur v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit April 11, 2012 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT TAVIS McARTHUR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 09-4239 STATE FARM MUTUAL (D.C. No. 2:09-CV-00416-TS) AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE (D. Utah) COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. ORDER AND JUDGMENT* Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, BALDOCK and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges. The Supreme Court of Utah in McArthur v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2012 UT 22, P.2d (Utah 2012), has answered the two questions we previously certified to that Court pursuant to 10th Cir. R. 27.1 and Utah R. App. P. 41. Those answers resolve this appeal as a matter of law without the need of further factual inquiry by the district court. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Entered for the Court Bobby R. Baldock United States Circuit Judge * This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.