Gravens v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, James E. Gravens, d/b/a Pappy’s Sunoco Service Station [Gra-vens], appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of Defendants-Appellees, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Clarence F. Spence, Individually and as Agent for Bendix Agency, Inc., and Bendix Agency, Inc. [Insurance Company]. Gravens raises two issues, but because one requires that we reverse, we address it only. Restated, it is:

whether the trial court erred in awarding summary judgment in favor of the insurance company based upon its conclusion that Gravens was bound by his original…