Anderson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

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Today’s appellants present a bold invitation that we judicially amend the Mississippi Uninsured Motorist Insurance Act on grounds the amendment is demanded by public policy. The invitation begs the question, whence the authority to effect such an amendment. Because in today’s setting the Constitution has vested that authority in the legislature, we decline the invitation. We affirm the judgment of the Circuit Court dismissing the complaint.

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On July 16, 1986, Roy Pierce, Jr. was driving his 1986 Ford Ranger pickup in a northerly direction on Riley Road in…