Allstate Insurance Co. v. Jones

In this appeal, we consider whether a passenger in a car that was insured at the time of an accident is entitled to enforce a judgment entered against a named insured driver pursuant to the uninsured motorist provisions of the driver’s automobile liability insurance policy even though the insurance company which issued the policy denied liability coverage to its named insured driver for failure to cooperate.

The relevant facts are, not in dispute. On May 14, 1996, Marcellus D. Jones was injured when he was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Christopher D. Robinson. Allstate…