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WEST v. PRATT

871 S.W.2d 477 (1994)

Glenn R. WEST, Jr. and Shari West, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Horace M. PRATT, Defendant-Appellee, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Uninsured Motorist Insurance Carrier-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Ritter, Webster, Sams, Irving & Ritter, Oak Ridge, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jerry Shattuck, Shattuck & Elledge, Clinton, for defendant-appellee.

Robert Knolton, Robert A. McNees, III, McNees, Knolton & Hayes, Oak Ridge, for Uninsured Motorist carrier-appellant.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This appeal involves the allocation of compensatory and punitive damages between a liability insurance carrier and an uninsured motorist carrier. The issue for our determination is whether the liability carrier must pay the entire compensatory damage award prior to paying any of the punitive damage award. The trial court and the Court of Appeals held that the liability insurance carrier could apportion its applicable limits...

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