Villarreal v. Texas Farmers Insurance Company

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This suit involves the uninsured motorist’s provision of the plaintiffs’ own insurance policies. Plaintiffs contend that where the tortfeasor’s insurance carrier cannot respond sufficiently in damages to a valid judgment of the injured parties, the uninsured motorist’s provisions contained in their respective automobile policies should cover their loss to the extent of its coverage. The insurance companies’ motions for summary judgment were granted. The plaintiffs appeal to this Court.

Plaintiff Elias Villarreal was driving his vehicle in which his wife and Romeo and…