Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York v. Futrell

The question involved in this case is whether an employee may recover under the uninsured motorist provisions of an insurance policy issued to his employer where he is injured by an uninsured motorist who is a stranger to the employment. Relying upon such provisions, William Howard Futrell, the employee,’ recovered in the trial court a judgment in the sum of $15,000 against The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, the employer’s insurance carrier. Fidelity was granted a writ of error.

Futrell was injured on October 5, 1964, while operating a vehicle owned by his employer, Noland Company,…