Burns v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

Appellee recovered judgment in a jury trial against an uninsured motorist and the owner of an uninsured vehicle which he was driving. Recovery was made for the wrongful death of the husband of appellee and for her own personal injuries received in a head-on collision between the automobile being driven by appellee’s husband and that being driven by the uninsured motorist, Herman L. Lucas.

Appellant is the uninsured motorist carrier for Textron, Inc., a major corporation having its principal office in Providence, Rhode Island. The husband of appellee, Gary L.…