National Family Insurance v. Muellerleile

Todd, Justice.

Defendants, Patricia Muellerleile, trustee, and Henry J. Hinderscheid, appeal from a declaratory judgment that a policy issued by National Family Insurance Company (National) did not afford coverage for claims arising out of the death of Sophie Hinderscheid while a passenger in the family automobile being driven by her husband, Henry. National claimed, and the trial court ruled, that it was not obliged to defend and indemnify Henry against the claims of Sophie’s trustee for her wrongful death because of an exclusion in the policy, and that the statute in effect at the time of…