WILLIS v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 99-708.

747 So.2d 682 (1999)

Kathy WILLIS & Michael Dipuma, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Glenn Hodgkins, Lake Charles, for Kathy Willis, et al.

John Erwin Demoruelle, Kinder, for State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins.

BEFORE: YELVERTON, SAUNDERS, and GREMILLION, Judges.


YELVERTON, J.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) was cast in judgment for personal injury damages in excess of its policy limits. State Farm's insured was not a defendant in the case, the suit having been filed as a direct action against the insurer alone. There were two reasons why the judgment was rendered in excess of the policy limits. First, the actual damages as to one of the plaintiffs, Michael Dipuma, justified the award, and second...

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