NIEMANN v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

No. 62946.

368 So.2d 1003 (1979)

Clarence NIEMANN v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. Roniger, Dalton, Gillen & Roniger, Jefferson, for plaintiff-applicant.

Grayson H. Brown, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.*

The issue presented in this litigation is whether a "consent to settle clause" in an uninsured motorist policy is valid and operative, and whether a plaintiff who without his UM carrier's consent settles and releases an Underinsured1 tortfeasor and that tortfeasor's liability insurance carrier has defeated his cause of action against the UM carrier.

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