Allstate Insurance v. Ormand

Conley Byrd, Justice.

In an action on an uninsured motorist policy issued by appellant Allstate Insurance Company the jury found the damages of Lanie Sue Ormond to be $10,000 and those of her minor son to be $300. The trial court added the statutory penalty and attorney’s fee to the $10,000 awarded Mrs. Ormond. For reversal Allstate contends that there was no competent evidence to support a finding that the hit and run driver was uninsured; that the trial court failed to properly submit to the jury the question of whether the hit and run driver was an uninsured motorist; and that, this being…