U.S. FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. PEARTHREE

No. 52125.

389 So.2d 109 (1980)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Dianne Simmons PEARTHREE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.L. Riddick, Riddick & Carpenter, Jackson, Joe Clay Hamilton, Hamilton & Williamson, Meridian, for appellants.

David A. Stephenson, Sandusky, Bailey, Fortenberry & Stephenson, Meridian, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and LEE, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Stacking uninsured motorist coverage and awarding damages to Dianne Simmons Pearthree on account of the death of her mother who was survived by her husband and by other siblings are the salient features of this case, appealed from the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County. Originally filed in county court, the action was upon motion transferred to chancery court. Appellants USF&G Co. and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. contend...

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