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DUONG v. SALAS

No. 38,613-CA.

877 So.2d 269 (2004)

Cong DUONG and Yen Nguyen, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Carolina SALAS, Allstate Insurance Company and USAgencies Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bodenheimer, Jones, Szwak & Winchell, LLP by Mary E. Winchell, Shreveport, for Appellant, U.S. Agencies Casualty Insurance Company.

Peters, Ward, Bright & Hennessy by J. Patrick Hennessy, Shreveport, for Appellees.

Before BROWN, STEWART and CARAWAY, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

Through an interpreter, the Vietnamese plaintiff obtained automobile liability insurance and purportedly signed a waiver of uninsured motorist coverage. Following an accident with an underinsured motorist, the plaintiff seeks uninsured motorist coverage from his insurer, challenging the validity of his waiver. The trial court determined that the plaintiff had no capacity to read and understand English and that the waiver of uninsured motorist coverage...

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