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SUTHERLAND v. BABIN

No. 98-CA-923.

735 So.2d 881 (1999)

Melvin SUTHERLAND v. Mylia BABIN, Reliance National Insurance Company, The Home Indemnity Company and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Richard, Chopin, Wagar, Cole, Richard, Reboul & Kutcher, L.L.P., Mandeville, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant The Home Indemnity Company.

Terry B. Loup Morris Bart, P.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee Melvin Sutherland.

Court composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., MARION F. EDWARDS and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.

CHEHARDY, Judge.

This is a lawsuit for personal injuries arising from a rear-end auto collision in which judgment was rendered against an uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) insurance carrier in the amount of $300,000. The judgment was based on a jury's finding that the UM coverage rejection form did not, in and of itself, give the insured the option to select UM coverage equal to bodily injury limits. The trial court found the form was insufficient to reduce the...

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