Dockins v. Balboa Insurance Co.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Wanda and Lonzo Dockins, have sued under their uninsured motorist coverage for injuries suffered by Mrs. Dockins. Defendant Balboa Insurance Company denied coverage by virtue of certain household exclusions in the policy, and the trial court granted summary judgment in its favor. The Court of Appeals reversed, and we granted an appeal to consider whether these exclusions were rendered invalid by a revision of the governing statutes in 1982.

Mrs. Dockins was injured while a passenger in her husband’s vehicle and by the negligence of Jimmy Moore,…