Payton v. Colar

WARD, Judge.

The primary question presented by this appeal is whether the Trial Judge erred in admitting an insurance policy into evidence some nine months after the trial and judgment which held the insurer liable for an amount in excess of its policy limits. We hold that it was error and reverse the ruling.

After a seven-day trial in October 1984, Andrew Payton recovered a personal injury judgment against Wendell A. Colar, New 77 Club, Inc., and Insurors Indemnity and Insurance Company in solido for $711,-000.00, plus interest from judicial demand and costs. During the trial, Insurors…