BRYANT v. GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.

No. 83-1113.

460 So.2d 709 (1984)

Earl E. BRYANT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion December 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice L. Tynes, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Brame, Bergstedt and Brame by David Fraser, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, John S. Bradford, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Nathan A. Cormie, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FORET and CUTRER, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. pro tem.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, from a judgment ordering it to pay $12,000 under its uninsured motorist coverage of plaintiff, Earl Bryant. Allstate argues that Gulf States Utilities, the employer of the tort-feasor, is able to pay the amount of the liability of the tort-feasor which his insurance does not cover, so the tort-feasor is not underinsured.

Plaintiff, Earl Bryant, was stopped at a stop light when his...

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