Wilhite v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

McCanless, justice.

Wanda Cofer Wilhite, the widow of Larry Cofer, sued Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company for the maximum coverage provided by the uninsured motorist endorsement of a policy of automobile liability insurance that the company had issued to Larry Cofer on a pick-up truck that he owned and which was in effect when he was killed. The plaintiff averred that she had obtained a judgment of $25,000.00 in the Circuit Court of Hamilton County as damages for the wrongful death of her husband, who was riding a motorcycle which collided with an uninsured automobile being…