UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INS. CO. v. FORD

No. 97-CA-00298-SCT.

734 So.2d 173 (1999)

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a Mississippi Corporation v. Buddy Jones FORD, Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. McDowell, Jeffrey A. Styres, Ridgeland, Attorneys for Appellant.

Luke J. Schissel, Greenwood, William Larry Latham, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., BANKS AND McRAE, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Here we deal with a matter of insurance policy construction. We conclude that the successive policies provide coverage under our traditional doctrine of construing such policies in favor of the insured. We affirm the trial court in its judgment finding liability. We reverse the trial court in its decision limiting that liability to a single year.

I.

¶ 2. This...

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