HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO. v. CREASY


530 S.W.2d 778 (1975)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Johnny CREASY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe M. Duncan, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, for petitioner.

Walter Buford, Buford & Deal, Memphis, for respondent.

Joseph A. Heffington, Watson, Lewis & Knolton, Memphis, amicus curiae.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This appeal stems from an uninsured motorist provision of an automobile liability insurance policy, and presents the single question of the necessity for strict compliance with a closed-end time limitation governing notice to the insurer.

The trial judge sustained Hartford's motion for a summary judgment, in effect holding that there must be strict compliance. The Court of Appeals (W.S.) held that respondent was a third party...

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