Ripley Resin Engineering Co. v. Great American Insurance

Plaintiffs, Ripley Resin Engineering Co., Inc., John F. Ripley, Bernice D. Ripley and Vicki Lynn Ripley, a minor, by her father and next friend, John F. Ripley, brought a declaratory judgment action against the defendant, Great American Insurance Company to determine if defendant was liable to them under the uninsured motorist clause of its policy. The trial court found that defendant’s insurance policy did not provide uninsured motorist benefits for the plaintiffs because the tortfeasor was insured and her automobile did not qualify as an uninsured vehicle. Plaintiffs appeal contending that…