Fouche v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

BOLIN, Judge.

Mrs. Fouche was injured while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile driven by Mrs. Velma C. Bellotte and covered by liability insurance with defendant company. The injuries resulted from a near “head-on” collision with a car driven by Henderson Shaw, who was not made a party to the suit. Without assigning written reasons, the lower court awarded Mrs. Fouche and her husband judgment for $429.40 under the medical payment provision of the policy (which is not dependent upon fault or negligence of its insured) but otherwise denied plaintiffs’ demands. The lower court’s…