Hutchison v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The plaintiff’s suit against decedent’s insurance company, seeking uninsured motorist coverage for an Alabama judgment for the wrongful death of deceased, was dismissed by the trial judge by summary judgment on the ground workmen’s compensation death benefits had been paid in excess of the uninsured motorist coverage provided in the policy.

Plaintiff concedes lex loci contractus becomes as much a part of a contract as if specifically incorporated therein and, in the absence of evidence of a contrary intention, the laws of the state where the policy was issued and delivered…