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SOUTHERN AMERICAN INS. CO. v. DOBSON

No. 82-C-1583.

441 So.2d 1185 (1983)

SOUTHERN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. Ronald DOBSON. NORTHEASTERN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Ronald DOBSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing November 4, 1983.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Dunahoe, Thomas Dunahoe and Gregory, Natchitoches, for applicant.

Mark A. Goodwin, Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport, Russell L. Potter, Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Alexandria, for respondent.

Shirley Nassif, Robert E. Winn, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, amicus curiae, for Godfrey Jasmin.

BLANCHE, Justice.

We are called upon in this case to determine whether a commercial umbrella liability insurance policy is a policy of "automobile liability insurance" which under our uninsured motorist statute, specifically La. R.S. 22:1406(D)(1)(a), must provide uninsured motorist coverage. This question is res nova in Louisiana.

The facts are not in dispute. On April 9, 1978, Ronald Dobson was driving a truck owned by Dobson Pulpwood Company, Inc...

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