CRABTREE v. STATE FARM INS. CO., NGC

No. 92-CA-841.

613 So.2d 701 (1993)

Stephen R. CRABTREE and Debra Sue Crabtree v. STATE FARM INSURANCE CO., NGC County Mutual Insurance Co., Robert F. Vetter, Individually and as Natural Tutor of the Minor James P. Vetter, and James P. Vetter.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Granted April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. David, Madeleine M. Landrieu, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

David J. Mitchell, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GAUDIN, DUFRESNE, and GOTHARD, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This case involves interpretation of an automobile liability insurance policy. The specific question before us is whether the policy limit for bodily injury of $25,000 for each person, or that of $50,000 for each accident, should apply where a wife witnessed her husband being struck and severely injured in an automobile-motor bike accident. The trial judge ruled that the lower limit (tendered by the insurer) was applicable because the wife's claim...

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