Bankert Ex Rel. Habush v. Threshermen's Mutual Ins.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals which reversed an order of the circuit court dismissing a motion for summary judgment.

The court of appeals held that, where the language of a farmowners policy provided that the coverage did not apply “to the ownership, operation, maintenance or use . . .of (1) automobiles while away from the premises or the ways immediately adjoining” (p. 441), there was no coverage for an accident on a public highway even though the plaintiff alleged that the parents’ negligent entrustment of the vehicle or negligent supervision of the minor driver…