SULLIVAN v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS.

85-1480.

513 So.2d 992 (1987)

Joel Lee SULLIVAN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dinah W. Petree and David H. Meginniss of Hornsby, Blankenship, Robinson & Meginniss, Huntsville, for appellant.

L. Tennent Lee III of Cleary, Lee, Morris, Smith, Evans & Rowe, Huntsville, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal presents a question of first impression. Can a guest passenger recover under both the liability and uninsured motorist coverages of his host driver's insurance policy when the negligence of the host driver caused the accident? We hold that he cannot, and we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On July 21, 1985, Joel Lee Sullivan was a passenger in an automobile that was involved in a one-vehicle accident; he was seriously and...

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