WASHINGTON v. SAVOIE

Nos. 91-CA-2309 to 91-CA-2311.

607 So.2d 704 (1992)

Mrs. Vergie WASHINGTON v. Mary Damion SAVOIE, et al. Alice BROWN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., et al. Julia ADAMS, Wife of/and Louis Adams, Jr. v. TAI THANH LE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted January 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Leydecker, Rene Lovelace, New Orleans, for appellee Vergie Washington.

Robert M. Hearin, Jr., New Orleans, for appellees Julia Adams, wife of/and Louis Adams, Jr.

Miles Mark, Metairie, for intervenor, appellee U.S. Fire Ins. Co.

Lane A. Schaffer, Lobman, Carnahan & Batt, Metairie, for intervenor, appellee, U.S. Fire Ins. Co.

Michael K. Springmann, Achary, Springmann & Clement, Metairie, for defendant, appellee, Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Coleman T. Organ, New Orleans, for appellant First Horizon Ins. Co.

Roger J. Larue, Jr., Nahum Laventhal, Metairie, for appellant.

Before BARRY, PLOTKIN and LANDRIEU, JJ.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

In three (3) consolidated, personal injury cases, we are asked to decide whether the Orleans Parish School Board executed a valid rejection of uninsured motorist coverage to preclude these claims against its insurer. On the basis of our reading of the relevant statute and the jurisprudence interpreting it, we conclude that the intended waiver of coverage is sufficient to effect a valid rejection, and, accordingly, we reverse the decisions of the district...

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