Sewell v. MFA Mutual Insurance Co.

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

A vehicle driven by plaintiff Desiree Se-well, 19, collided with a vehicle driven by Joe Hale, an uninsured motorist. As a result of the collision Desiree sustained serious personal injuries and her parents sustained a derivative loss. Defendant MFA Insurance Company insured the Sewell vehicle. This action was brought by Desiree and her parents under the uninsured motorist’s provisions of the MFA policy. The jury awarded the three plaintiffs a total of $20,000. From the judgment entered on the verdict both sides appeal.

Hale himself was not a party to the action but the…