Boles v. Hamrick

Sognier, Judge.

Curtis Boles brought suit against Dewey Hamrick seeking damages for injuries incurred in an automobile collision. Boles had his insurer, Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”) served with a copy of his complaint, apparently upon a theory that Hamrick was an uninsured motorist at the time of the collision alleged in the complaint. Upon Boles’ affidavit that Hamrick could not be found, the trial court authorized service by publication on Hamrick. Hamrick answered and subsequently moved to dismiss Boles’ complaint. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss on the bases of…