Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Guthrie

MADDOX, Justice.

The primary issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to permit defensive pleadings to be filed during the trial of the case and after the entry of the pre-trial order. In this particular case, we find no error.

Terry Guthrie, a minor, and his father, Wilson Guthrie, filed separate actions naming Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, in which they sought recovery under the uninsured motorist provisions of three insurance policies issued to the father by Farm Bureau.

The facts stated briefly are that on May 4, 1973, Terry Guthrie…