Hartman v. Allstate Insurance Co.

MARCUS, Justice.

This is a suit by a mother, Mrs. Leda Sumner Hartman, for the wrongful death of her daughter, Patricia Sue Sumner, while a passenger in an automobile driven by her other daughter, Julie Sumner. Made defendants were Allstate Insurance Company, the liability insurer of the automobile which her daughter was driving, and the driver of the other vehicle, Willie Henry Dunn. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of defendants, dismissing the claim of plaintiff. The Court of Appeal affirmed.1 We granted a writ of review.2

The facts are generally not in dispute.

On the date of the…