Amanda Pusl was injured in a car wreck through the negligent driving of Matthew Means.   After a two-day trial, a jury awarded Pusl $100,000 in damages for her injuries.  Before trial, Pusl had already received $75,000 for these injuries from her own underinsured motorist insurance company, State Farm.  $75,000 was the limit of Pusl’s underinsured motorist coverage with State Farm.             As requested by Means’ attorney, the trial judge subtracted the $75,000 from the $100,000 jury verdict, reducing it to $25,000.   Pusl filed an appeal.              On appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, clearly misreading the … [Read more...]