Allstate Indemnity Co. v. Brown

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In July of 1995, Lee 0. Brown filed his Complaint for Damages against Charles Figures, an uninsured motorist, and Allstate Indemnity Company (“Allstate”), Brown’s insurer. The complaint was subsequently amended. Allstate filed answers to both the original and amended complaint. In December of 1996, the trial court entered a default judgment on the issue of liability against Figures and, after a hearing on damages, entered a money judgment against Figures in the amount of $34,875.00. At that hearing, counsel for Allstate appeared briefly and asserted…