RUIZ v. LEWIS

No. 90-CA-0918.

579 So.2d 1203 (1991)

Arthur RUIZ v. Suzanne M. LEWIS and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Plauche, Jr., Plauche and Maselli, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee William Keith Kerr.

Robert H. Schmolke, Isaac F. Hawkins, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Arthur Andres Ruiz, Jr. and Patty Lemoine Ruiz.

Before KLEES, BYRNES and WILLIAMS, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court was correct in finding no uninsured motorist (UM) coverage under an excess insurance policy by one group of defendants and in granting a motion for summary judgment dismissing all claims against that defendant group with prejudice. We reverse.

On March 13, 1987, Arthur Ruiz, operating a 1985 Chevrolet pickup truck leased by his employer, New Orleans Public Service (NOPSI), sustained...

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