Brown v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a judgment on the pleadings by the circuit court in favor of the appellee, Bankers Life and Casualty Company, in an action by the appellant, Myrtle Brown, as the named beneficiary of a $10,000 personal accident policy of insurance issued by the appellee to George Brown, the appellant’s husband, who was fatally injured while operating a pick-up truck. The salient issue on appeal is whether the language “any private passenger automobile of pleasure design” as used within the policy excludes a “pick-up truck” from policy coverage. Our conclusion is that…