Edwards v. Dairyland Insurance Co.

GUIDRY, Judge.

Trinity Universal Insurance Company (hereafter Trinity), uninsured motorist insurer of plaintiff, Rex Edwards, appeals the judgment of the trial court dismissing its cross-claim against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (hereafter Liberty), liability insurer of a joint tortfeasor, Craig Chomiak, for reimbursement of a settlement payment made by Trinity to the tort victims.

The issue presented on appeal concerns the rights inter se the uninsured/underin-sured motorist (UM) carrier, the liability carrier and the tortfeasors who are all soli-darily bound to a tort victim. Our…