Legal Opinion
Collins v. Downes
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 25, 2012No. 2011-CA-1124PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAX N. TOBIAS, JR, Judge.
_JjThe plaintiff, Timothy Collins (“Mr. Collins”), appeals the granting of a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”), which dismissed Mr. Collins’ claim for underin-sured motorist benefits upon application of Ohio law to the insurance policies at issue. For the following reasons, we affirm.
On 26 September 2009, while stopped at Tchoupitoulas Street near its intersection with Girod Street in New Orleans, Mr. Collins, a permissive user of an automobile owned by Dayna Pleasant (“Ms. Pleasant”)…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Champagne v. WardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
- Littrell v. WigglesworthOhio Supreme Court · 2001
- Martin v. Champion Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- Francis v. Travelers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Zuviceh v. Nationwide Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
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