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

No. 46,796-CA.

86 So.3d 716 (2012)

Richard GUNTER, et ux., Plaintiff-Appellants v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyler & Johnson, Shreveport, LA, by Tommy J. Johnson , David G. Tyler , for Appellants Richard Gunter and Betty Gunter.

Johnson, Stiltner & Rahman, by Musa Rahman , Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor Appellee La. Workers' Compensation, Corp.

Wiener, Weiss & Madison, Shreveport, LA, by Layne A. Clark, Jr. , for Appellees State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. and Florence L. Gay.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, by Margaret L. Tooke , Harry J. Philips, Jr. , for Appellee St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Ungarino & Eckert, Metairie, LA, by Matthew J. Ungarino , J. Michael Nash , for Appellee Massachusetts Bay Ins. Co.

Before BROWN, STEWART, CARAWAY, DREW and LOLLEY, JJ.


STEWART, J.

At issue in this appeal from a summary judgment is the validity of a waiver of uninsured/underinsured motorist ("UM") coverage on behalf of the Bossier Parish Police Jury (hereafter the "police jury"). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the police jury's liability insurer, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company ("St. Paul") and dismissed the claims of the plaintiffs, Richard and Betty Gunter ("the Gunters"), against it. The Gunters...

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