Geico Indemnity Insurance v. Reed

GEICO Indemnity Insurance Company, the defendant below, appeals the trial court’s award of final summary judgment in favor of Laurie Reed, the personal representative of the Estate of Barton Reed. We reverse and remand because whether Barton Reed or his corporation, B & G Central Station Signals, Inc., owned the van involved in the fatal accident remains a genuine issue of material fact, removing this case from the purview of summary judgment.

Barton Reed died in a car accident caused by an uninsured/underinsured motorist. He had been driving a 1999 Ford van. His widow, Laurie Reed, filed a…