Pisani v. Travelers Insurance

Having quarreled with her mother, Kerry Pisani, age sixteen, left home and moved in with the family of her best friend, Victoria Johnson. There she resided for six weeks until July 25, 1986, when she was killed in an accident while a passenger in Victoria Johnson’s car. Ruth M. Pisani, as the administratrix of her daughter Kerry’s estate, brought an action seeking to recover damages under the underinsured motorist coverage in automobile insurance policies purchased by Victoria’s parents, Dorothy Johnson and Ervin Johnson.2 The theory of the action was that Kerry was a “de facto ward” of the…