Brightwell v. Rabeck

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff George Brightwell brought suit against Jerry Allen Rabeck for damages growing out of negligent collision. In the same suit he sued Employers Casualty Company, liability insurer of his own automobile as of the time of the collision. As an alternative to his cause of action against Rabeck, in the event it be determined that such cause of action was destroyed because and as the result of Employers’ settlement of Rabeck’s dam ages through the process of “friendly suit” (Rabeck having been a minor at time of such settlement), Brightwell asserted his right to…