State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Larry Eubanks, Sr.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

On May 6, 1983, Larry Eubanks, Jr. was killed in an automobile accident caused by the negligence of Micky Allen Hudson, an uninsured motorist and the driver of the automobile in which Larry Eubanks, Jr. was a passenger. After recovering $10,000 from Hudson’s insurance company, the appellants (the Eubanks), Larry Eubank’s statutory next-of-kin, were entitled to recover, under the uninsured motorist provisions, from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), the Eu-banks’ automobile insurer. A dispute arose over the proper interpretation of the…