Northland Insurance Co. v. Bess
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
GRIMM, Judge.
Insurance company filed this declaratory judgment action. The only issue is the validity of the “employee exclusion” clause in a commercial automobile policy when an employee is not subject to the workers’ compensation law. The trial court found the exclusion void as against public policy.
Company appeals; we reverse. The employee exclusion is expressly authorized by statute and thus is not contrary to public policy.
I. Background
The underlying facts are not in dispute. On May 2, 1991, employee was driving a tractor trailer within the scope and course of his employment. He was…
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