Wendling v. Chambliss

McClendon, j.

|2The plaintiff appeals a summary judgment in favor of the defendant and finding Mississippi law, rather than Louisiana law, applies to the uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) coverage at issue herein. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On November 9, 2005, Gregory Wen-dling, a Mississippi resident,1 was injured in an automobile accident on Interstate Highway 12 near Slidell, Louisiana, when he was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by Michael Chambliss, also a resident of Mississippi. Thereafter, Mr. Wendling filed suit against Mr. Chambliss and…