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CHATMAN v. MID AMERICA INDEM. CO.

No. 84-902.

479 So.2d 677 (1985)

Austin CHATMAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MID AMERICA INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Richard, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellant.

Brinkhaus, Dauzat & Falgoust, Jerry Falgoust, Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.

LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Austin Chatman, appeals a judgment dismissing with prejudice his suit against his uninsured motorist (UM) carrier, Mid-America Indemnity Company (Mid-America). The trial court held that Chatman released Mid-America by endorsing and cashing a draft, issued by the tortfeasor's liability insurer, without reserving his rights in accordance with former La. Civ.Code art. 2203. We reverse.

Chatman suffered serious injury when the motorcycle...

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