Fontenot v. Ryder

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This appeal, brought by the plaintiffs’ underinsured motorist carrier, arises following a judgment in the plaintiffs’ favor and against the appellant. The appellant assigns as error the trial court’s award of $10,000.00 to one of the plaintiffs, and the *967district judge’s alleged failure to credit the appellant with the $5,000.00 primary liability policy of the tort-feasor.

On March 11, 1982, Linda Fontenot and her three-year-old daughter, Kate, were rear-ended by James A. Ryder. Prior to this collision Mrs. Fontenot had stopped her vehicle and activated her left-turn indicator…