Hightower v. Members Mutual Insurance Company

VIC HALL, Justice.

This is a venue case. Plaintiffs-appellants, Edward Hightower, individually and as next friend of his minor son, Lionel Hightower, brought this action in Galveston County to recover damages under the uninsured motorist coverage of a family automobile policy issued by the defendant-appellee, Members Mutual Insurance Company. The pertinent parts of the policy provide that, subject to a specified limit, the defendant will pay all sums which plaintiffs “shall be legally entitled to recover as damages from the owner or operator of an uninsured automobile because of bodily injury…