Joseph S. McDermott v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation, Main Mutual Insurance Company of Illinois

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Appellee McDermott was severely injured when a truck ran a red light and collided with a taxicab in which he was riding as a passenger. A jury verdict was returned for McDermott against Main Mutual, the insurer of the taxicab. From the judgment entered against it for its policy limits Main Mutual appeals. We affirm. 1

Upon arrival at New Orleans Moisant International Airport from his home in St. Louis, Missouri, McDermott entered a taxicab owned by Connie Hemphill, driven by his brother Carl Hemphill, and insured by Main Mutual. He was in the back seat of the taxicab for…