Shelton v. Ray

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

The Appellant, Margaret Shelton, sustained personal injuries in an automobile accident on March 25,1976, when the car in which she was a passenger was involved in a collision with a vehicle being driven by Thomas Henry Ray. Ray was apparently a permissive user of the vehicle and an omnibus insured under a policy issued by the Appellee, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Suit was filed and service obtained on Ray on June 30, 1976. He did not notify the carrier of the suit and a default judgment was taken against him on August 3,1976. Appellant’s counsel waited thirty…