Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ryan

Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company ("Preferred Risk") appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict against it and codefendant Arthur Lee Blackman in an action by Preferred Risk's insured, Vivian J. Ryan, to recover uninsured motorist insurance benefits. The question presented is whether the trial court committed reversible error by admitting evidence of the limits of Ryan's uninsured motorist insurance policy.

Ryan and Blackman had a collision on a dirt road in rural Tuscaloosa County. As a result of the accident, Ryan suffered an injury to her larynx. She filed a complaint against…