Meister v. Western National Mutual Insurance

I respectfully dissent.

*380When Michael Meister was thrown off the pickup truck, he was entitled to no-fault economic loss benefits. But from whose policy? The answer, at least up until now, has been to look to Minn.Stat. § 65B.47 (1988), entitled “Priority of Applicability of Security for Payment of Basic Economic Loss Benefits.”

Subdivision 1 of the Priority Statute provides that if Michael was injured while driving or occupying a motor vehicle “while the vehicle is being used in the business of transporting persons or property,” the basic economic loss benefits are to be paid by the insurance…