Freda Tinsley, Wife Of/and Jack L. Tinsley v. Packard Truck Lines, Inc. And Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Freda and Jack Tinsley and their son John are Texas residents. On January 19, 1985, Freda Tinsley was badly injured when an automobile in which she was a passenger — driven by her son, John Tinsley —collided with a tractor-trailer truck in Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Tinsley executed in Texas a settlement with John’s insurer, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (Southern), for $50,000, growing out of John’s insurance policy contract made in Texas. The release the Tinsleys signed referred specifically to Southern, and also contained general language which…