Morgan v. Allstate Insurance Co.

I would grant the petition for certiorari review. The facts presented to this Court indicate that the jury’s verdict for the defendant insurers may have been based on a finding other than that the defendant Cory Shane Jones did not negligently cause the traffic accident on which the plaintiff Shirley Morgan’s action was based. It is undisputed that the accident was caused by Jones’s negligence. The Court of Civil Appeals based its reversal on the fact that the defendant insurance companies (two carriers of underinsured-motorist coverage) presented no evidence to contradict the evidence…