Cole v. State Farm Insurance Co.

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Homer Cole and Annette Mayac divorced each other, reunited, and lived together without remarrying. - After being hit and injured by a car, Cole sought medical and underin-sured motorist payments under Mayac's State Farm automobile insurance policy, which named Mayac as the person insured and also extended coverage to the named insured's "spouse." At issue in this appeal is whether Cole was entitled to coverage as Mayac's spouse despite not being legally married. Because the policy unambiguously defined spouse to mean a legally married husband or…