HOEFLY v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS. CO.

No. 81-C-2770.

418 So.2d 575 (1982)

William HOEFLY & Joann C. Hoefly v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. R. Snell, Fayard & Snell, Bossier City, for applicant-plaintiff.

Roland J. Achee, Nelson & Achee, Ltd., Samuel W. Caverlee, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, for respondent-defendant.


DENNIS, Justice.

The question presented by this case is whether an automobile accident victim's uninsured motorist carrier is solidarily obliged with the tortfeasor so that the victim's timely suit against the latter interrupts prescription with regard to the insurer. The court of appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment sustaining the insurer's plea of prescription, holding that the plaintiffs' timely suit against two tortfeasors, one uninsured and another underinsured...

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