Harshaw v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

WOODALL, Justice.

Rose Harshaw appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in an action against that insurer for uninsured-motorist benefits. We reverse and remand.

I

On September 14, 1998, Rose Harshaw was lawfully stopped at a red light at an intersection in Huntsville. While stopped, Harshaw’s vehicle was struck from the rear by a vehicle driven by Raymond Dennis, an uninsured motorist. The impact caused minor damage to the rear bumper cover of Harshaw’s vehicle, as well as some minor damage to the front of Dennis’s vehicle.

Harshaw did not see or…