Byrns v. Allstate Insurance Company

Plaintiff, a minor, was injured while he was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Jess Netherland when it was involved in an accident with a car negligently driven by an uninsured motorist. Netherland was killed, and several other passengers in the vehicle were seriously injured.

At the time of the accident, defendant insurer had in effect identical policies of automobile insurance which it had issued to Netherland and to plaintiff’s mother. These policies contain uninsured motorist insurance with limits of $10,000 for any one individual and $20,000 for any one accident.…