Government Employees Insurance v. Welch

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Plaintiff Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) filed a declaratory action in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico requesting a declaration that a household exclusion in its personal umbrella liability insurance agreement is valid and enforceable in relation to Defendants James and Shirley Welch under New Mexico law. The court issued a certification order to this Court questioning whether the optional umbrella policy’s household exclusion provision violates New Mexico public policy, thus rendering the provision void. See NMSA 1978,…