WILLIAMS v. BERNARD

No. 12609.

413 So.2d 198 (1982)

Freddie WILLIAMS v. Cornelius BERNARD, Sr., Cornelius Bernard, Jr. and the Allstate Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Murphy & Simon, E. Kelleher Simon, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and KLEES, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

In this action for Uninsured Motorist benefits, the sole issue confronting us is whether a jury properly awarded plaintiff an $8,000.00 judgment where the policy limit of coverage is $5,000.00. The policy was not introduced into evidence and its limit was not stipulated.

The insurer, appealing, claims introduction of the policy was unnecessary because of a "stipulation of the policy" during trial.1 We disagree....

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