Commercial Auto Insurer Owes Coverage For Mental Anguish, Trucker Argues On Appeal

Mealey's (September 11, 2019, 11:11 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A commercial trucker recently asked the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower federal court’s dismissal of his lawsuit seeking damages from his commercial automobile liability insurer for his alleged permanent mental injuries that resulted from his involvement in two fatal accidents (Thomas Petty v. Great West Casualty Company, No. 18-11600, 5th Cir.)....