Hawkins v. Allstate Insurance

Plaintiff Marlene Hawkins was a passenger in a Pontiac driven on February 8, 1976, by Edward Copley and insured by defendant-appellant Allstate Insurance Company. Copley’s Pontiac struck a Rambler owned and operated by Osie Moore and insured by defendant-appellee American Fidelity Insurance Company. Soon after this collision, Marlene Hawkins and Edward Copley, who had exited from the Pontiac, were struck by a third vehicle, an uninsured Dodge driven by Kate Williams. The Dodge also struck the Rambler. Williams fled the scene of the accident, dragging Ms. Hawkins under the car for six-tenths…