Copeland v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs, Bobby E. Copeland and his wife Leah J. Copeland, appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor *932of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”). Henry Sheffield moved to dismiss the appeal as far as it pertains to him; we consolidated his motion with the merits of the appeal.

On or about July 22, 1984, Bobby E. Copeland was travelling east on Halls Mill Road in Mobile County when he struck a disabled vehicle owned by Henry Sheffield. Copeland was injured and, upon discovering that Sheffield had no automobile liability insurance,…