Seymour v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

James M. Seymour, while a pedestrian upon a city street in Louisville, was struck by an automobile operated by Eugean Bailey, an uninsured motorist. Seymour sued his own insurance carrier, with which he carried uninsured-motorist coverage, and Bailey. At the close of the evidence the insurance carrier moved for a directed verdict on Seymour’s claims on the ground that Seymour was barred by his own negligence, and the motion was sustained. Seymour has appealed from the judgment which dismissed his action.

We are reversing the judgment because in our opinion the evidence…