Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co. v. Cooper

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This tort action arose out of a two car collision. Appellee, Cooper, recovered $7,-000 against Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company under the uninsured motorist provision of Cooper’s policy. Lumbermens Mutual insists there was no evidence of negligence on the part of Willie Walker, the uninsured motorist, and, alternatively, that the verdict was excessive.

Cooper lives in a rural area north of Plummerville in Conway County. State Highway 92 is, at the situs of the collision, a two-lane asphalt road with curves and hills typical of that general area. Cooper was on his way to…