Hughes v. American Universal Insurance

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a dispute between an insurer and its insureds who are the plaintiffs, Doris R. Hughes and her husband Francis. 1 The controversy centers on the amount of money due the Hugheses under the medical-payments provision of a so-called Family Combination Automobile Policy that apparently was first issued by the insurer to the Hugheses in November 1958 and regularly renewed since that time.

On September 17, 1975, Mr. Hughes received serious injuries when an automobile in which he was a passenger was involved in a collision with an uninsured motor vehicle. He and his…