Barfield v. Insurance Company of North America

This case involves the right of an injured motorist to recover from his insurer under the uninsured motorists coverage provisions of a liability insurance policy.

On the 13th day of September, 1963, the complainant, I. D. Barfield, was operating an automobile traveling east on Highway 70N between Nashville and Lebanon, Tennessee, at which time the complainant was following a truck, described by complainant as a dump truck that is normally used to haul gravel.

While complainant was thus following the truck, a stone was propelled to the rear by one of the rear wheels of such truck, striking the…