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LAWRENCE v. VIRGINIA INS. RECIPROCAL

No. 91-7057.

979 F.2d 1053 (1992)

Juedell T. LAWRENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIRGINIA INSURANCE RECIPROCAL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Neville, Minniece, Hamill, Wilson & Mitts, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Robert Ramsey, Michael T. Jaques, Bryant, Colingo, Williams & Clark, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, SMITH, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For the most part, this appeal turns on whether an insurer, which did not defend an underlying action against its insured, is therefore estopped from asserting sovereign immunity in defending against a garnishment by the plaintiff from the prior action. Juedell T. Lawrence appeals from a summary judgment granted Virginia Insurance Reciprocal (VIR) on her garnishment action to collect punitive and mental anguish damages awarded her in a state...

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