Mobile jury awards $6.5 million to woman injured in 2019 crash

Mobile jury awards $6.5 million to woman injured in 2019 crash

A Mobile jury this week said State Farm Insurance Company must pay a woman it had insured $6.5 million in compensatory damages for her injuries in a two-vehicle car crash three years ago.

The jury issued its verdict in favor of Meghan Grove, who was seriously injured in the Aug. 29, 2019 crash with another vehicle on U.S. Highway 45 between Old Citronelle Highway and Spice Pond Road, according to court documents. She suffered multiple pelvic fractures, a fractured elbow, and a fractured wrist, according to her attorneys.

The driver of the other vehicle was determined to be at fault but had limited insurance; a settlement was reached with that person.

Grove, however, had underinsured motorist coverage through a State Farm policy, but the company refused to pay, according to her attorneys and court documents.

“State Farm refused to fully compensate Mrs. Grove and even attempted to blame the collision on Mrs. Grove – its own insured – contrary to the physical evidence documented at the scene by investigating law enforcement officers,” according to a statement from Groves’ attorneys Robert Mitchell and Lucy Tufts with the firm of Cunningham Bounds.

In court documents, State Farm attorneys argued Groves’ recovery of damages “if any, is limited to the coverage provided by that certain policy.”

Several attorneys representing State Farm had not responded to an email Friday from AL.com requesting a comment prior to publication of this story.