HENSON v. SAFECO INS. COMPANIES

No. 90-C-2435.

585 So.2d 534 (1991)

Thomas HENSON v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANIES and International Service Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Hanberry, Cutoff, for plaintiff-applicant.

Frank A. Fertitta, Lane, Fertitta, Lane & Tullos, Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether the named insured's signing of an application for automobile liability insurance, on which the insurance agent had filled in numerous answer boxes including one which rejected uninsured motorist (UM) coverage, constituted a valid rejection in writing by the insured as required by La. Rev.Stat. 22:1406 D(1)(a) at the time of the application. We conclude that the evidence of the insured's merely signing such...

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