McTaggart v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

Margaret Eckman McTaggart appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (Liberty Mutual) which denied McTaggart’s claim for underinsured motorist coverage for a motor vehicle accident. The facts are not disputed.

McTaggart, while a passenger in a tractor-trailer being driven by her father in the course of his employment with TransAm Trucking, Inc., was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident involving an alleged negligent third party, Sonny Hill, acting in the course of his employment with…