LeCOURT v. GALATAS

No. 87-CA-570.

522 So.2d 665 (1988)

Patricia O'Neill, Wife of/and Ronald A. LeCOURT v. Jessie GALATAS, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the Home Indemnity Company and Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Arceneaux, Metairie, for plaintiffs-appellees Patricia O'Neill, wife of/and Donald LeCourt.

Kathleen W. Will, Metairie, Camilo Salas, III, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants Jessie Galatas and Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

J. Gregg Collins, Metairie, for defendant-appellant The Home Indem. Co.

Deborah Weisler Hayes, Friend, Wilson & Draper, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Lumbermen's Mut. Cas. Co.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and KLIEBERT and GOTHARD, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Judge.

Defendant Home Indemnity Company appeals a partial summary judgment which decreed the uninsured motorists coverage limits under a policy of insurance it issued to Nolan J. Briley to be the same as the liability bodily injury coverage, i.e., $300,000.00. The judgment was based on the trial court's conclusion that a form designed by the insurer for the insured to make a selection in writing, as required by LSA-R.S. 22:1406, to reject or reduce the uninsured...

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