Mitchell v. Allstate Insurance Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellants, Eric Mitchell and Candace Slade, appeal from a Court of Appeals decision upholding a summary judgment ruling of the Harrison Circuit Court in favor of Appellee, Allstate Insurance Company. The summary judgment ruling held that a car insurance policy’s omnibus clause did not provide coverage for a non-owner driver of the vehicle because the vehicle’s named insured did not consent to the driver’s use of the vehicle. Appellants contend that the question of whether the driver had permission to use the vehicle, and hence had coverage under the…