Foster v. Giroux

Western Pacific Insurance Company appeals from a trial court ruling in a garnishment proceeding that a $50,000 judgment previously entered in favor of Ellen Foster and Edmund J. Foster, husband and wife, against Sandra Giroux and Terry Giroux, husband and wife, must be satisfied from the. proceeds of its policy without contribution from Farmers Insurance Group, the excess carrier. The judgment resulted from the jury trial of an automobile accident in which a vehicle driven by Mrs. Giroux and owned by her mother, Dorothy Williams, struck the Foster vehicle. Mrs. Williams was insured by Western…