Dode Davis, Individually & as Father & Next Friend of Ty Davis, a Minor v. Conrad Bean Transamerica Insurance Corporation of America

Plaintiff Dode Davis, suing on behalf of his minor son Ty Davis, appeals from a judgment on the pleadings in favor of Transamerica Insurance Corporation of America (Transamerica). In holding for Transamerica, the District Court rejected Davis’s argument that the portion of Transamerica’s uninsured motorist coverage policy which denied recovery to “covered” persons injured by vehicles owned by themselves or their families was void as against public policy. Instead, the court applied the language of the insurance contract and denied recovery to Davis. On appeal, Davis seeks to have that…