Dowdy v. Motorland Insurance

This appeal arises from an action by plaintiff Kenneth L. Dowdy to recover no-fault benefits for injuries sustained on January 11, 1978, while he was in the course of employment with Artim Trucking Company. The defendant, Motor-land Insurance Company (hereinafter Motorland) is the no-fault insurance carrier for plaintiff’s private automobile.

The parties’ stipulated facts reveal that the plaintiff and two other truck drivers from Artim Trucking left Indianapolis on the morning of January 11, 1978. All three were driving flat bed trucks from Indianapolis to Louisville, where they each picked up…