Goodsell v. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters

On September 21, 1964, Sandra Goodsell, one of the plaintiffs, was involved in an automobile accident in Detroit, Michigan. The accident resulted in damage to Miss Goodsell’s Volkswagen automobile in the amount of $900.12 and caused injury to her for which she incurred medical and hospital expense of $62.

Some time prior to this accident the plaintiff, Vern S. Goodsell, father of Sandra Goodsell, had purchased a family automobile insurance policy from defendant. This policy was in full force and effect on the date of the accident, and it listed the Volkswagen as one of the cars covered by its…