Case Name: Hoover DOWDEN v. Curby A. MILLER and Allstate Insurance Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1982-10-08
Citations: 425 So. 2d 706
Docket Number: No. 82-C-1750
Parties: Hoover DOWDEN v. Curby A. MILLER and Allstate Insurance Company.
Judges: DENNIS, J., would grant and bring up.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 425
Pages: 706–707

Head Matter:
Hoover DOWDEN v. Curby A. MILLER and Allstate Insurance Company.
No. 82-C-1750.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 8, 1982.
Victor L. Marcello, Talbot, Sotile, Car-mouche, Marchand & Marcello, Donaldson-ville, for defendant-applicant.
Melanie A. Kleinpeter, Kleinpeter, Klein-peter & Kleinpeter, Donald R. Smith, Ellison and Smith, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
GRANTED.
As a guest passenger in a collision between an insured vehicle and an uninsured vehicle driven by his father-in-law, plaintiff was certain of recovery if his uninsured motorist policy provided coverage, which was a disputed issue. Under these circumstances the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to accept, after the case had been submitted, simple documentary evidence that the vehicle driven by plaintiff's father-in-law was uninsured.
The judgments of the lower courts are set aside, and the case is remanded for receipt of the evidence of Edwards' status as an uninsured motorist and for decision on the issue of plaintiff's uninsured motorist coverage.
DENNIS, J., would grant and bring up.
BLANCHE, J., would deny the writ.