Roe v. Larson

These two cases have been consolidated for appeal. They are identical in all the requirements necessary for determining the common issue of law which is:

Whether an exclusion, in the uninsured motorist coverage provision of an automobile liability policy, of bodily injury to an insured occupying an owned motor vehicle, other than the insured automobile, at the time of the accident, is inconsistent with the protective purpose of the state uninsured motorist statute.

The trial courts answered this issue “No.” The court of appeals answered it “Yes” and held that such a policy exclusion was against…