Legal Opinion
Gary P. Boatner Paula K. Boatner v. Atlanta Speciality Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1997No. 96-60815PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
This ease requires us to determine the scope of Mississippi’s Uninsured Motorist Act (UM Act). Bradley Boatner went to Honduras on a humanitarian mission and was killed as he rode in the back of a flatbed truck. Both the owner and the driver of the truck were uninsured. Boatner’s parents sought payment from Atlanta Speciality Insurance Company (Atlanta Speciality) pursuant to the uninsured motorist endorsement in the Boatners’ automobile policy. Atlanta Speciality denied coverage, asserting a territorial restriction in the policy, which limited réeovery to losses…
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