Close v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

HOOD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Martin L. Close, instituted this suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by him when a pickup truck which he was driving collided with an automobile being driven by Allen J. Stewart. The suit was instituted against Stewart and against plaintiff’s liability insurer, Lumbermens Casualty Company, under an uninsured motorist provision of the policy. The defendants answered denying negligence by Stewart and alternatively pleading contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff. Stewart also reconvened for damages, alleging that the sole cause of the accident was…