Legal Opinion
Lowell W. Farmer and Wilma Jean Farmer, Husband and Wife v. Travelers Indemnity Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1976No. 76-1537PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
In this Florida diversity action, plaintiff, injured in an automobile accident, seeks to recover against the uninsured motorist provision of her own policy for bodily injury damage which exceeded the insurance liability coverage of the offending driver.
Although plaintiff settled with the adverse carrier for $8,500, the coverage being $10,000, her alleged damages amounted to $250,000. Since the adverse motorist was not sufficiently insured to cover her alleged damages, plaintiff claims the uninsured motorist provisions of her own policy should cover the difference up to…
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