FARIA v. SMOAK

No. 14854.

416 So.2d 132 (1982)

Davetta Caughey FARIA and Roy Dunscomb Gregory Caughey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Karl Randall SMOAK, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by James P. Bodenheimer, Shreveport, for Cas. Reciprocal Exchange.

Richie & Richie by John A. Richie & Byron A. Richie, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Harry A. Johnson, Jr., Shreveport, for Karl Randall Smoak and State Farm.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and NORRIS, JJ.


Rehearing Denied With Per Curiam, July 20, 1982.

MARVIN, Judge.

The defendant insurer appeals a judgment which effectively stacked uninsured motorist coverage for damages arising out of the wrongful death of plaintiffs' parents in a collision between two motor vehicles that occurred after the effective date of Act 623 of 1977. The policy was written before that Act amended LRS 22:1406(D) (1)(c).1

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