Bordelon v. Hanover Insurance Co.

SHORTESS, Judge.

Suzanne Bordelon (plaintiff) was injured when a piece of plywood was thrown from the wheels of an oncoming truck and struck the windshield of the vehicle in which she was a guest passenger. The truck driver, apparently unaware of the accident, did not stop and was never identified. Plaintiff filed suit against her uninsured motorist carrier, Hanover Insurance Company, and Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company,1 the uninsured motorist insurer of her host driver and cousin, Jules Bordelon (Bordelon).

The issues of liability and quantum were bifurcated for trial. After…