Allstate Insurance Co. v. Pare

OPINION

This appeal results from a suit based on an automobile liability insurance policy. Default judgments were entered against Mark Melancon and Ernest Pare in a prior cause styled Doris Sztraky v. Mark Melancon, et al. Each default judgment was for $200,000.00. Doris Sztraky was the mother of Belinda Marie Sztraky, the victim killed in an automobile accident at the beach on June 7,1980. On that day Melan-con was driving the offending motor vehicle owned by Pare and with Pare’s permission. Pare had a liability policy with Allstate Insurance Company.

The Allstate policy provided, inter alia,…