Smith v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

SUMMERS, Justice.

Plaintiff, Alma Smith, the wife of Dovic Fontenot, was injured while riding as a passenger in an automobile owned and driven by her husband when it collided with a car owned and driven by Regile Bordelon. *700At the time of the collision Bordelon’s vehicle was insured by Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company.

Plaintiff filed a direct action against the insurer alleging that the accident was caused by Bordelon’s negligence. The defendant insurer filed a general denial and then, as third party plaintiff, filed a third-party demand against Dovic Fontenot, husband of the…