Gaudin v. LeBlanc

CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Dairy-land Insurance Company and against plaintiff, Charveliar C. Gaudin,1 in a suit arising from a collision between an automobile and a horse. The sole issue on appeal is whether a horse can be included within the meaning of “motor vehicle” under the uninsured/underinsured motorist provision of the automobile liability policy issued by defendant to plaintiff.

Plaintiff was operating his automobile in a southbound direction in Convent, Louisiana, when his vehicle was struck by a riderless horse.…