Kemper Insurance Companies v. Weber

Caplinger, J.:

Defendant/appellant Farmers Insurance Company (Farmers) appeals the district court’s ruling finding Farmers estopped from denying coverage to the unlisted driver of a rental car rented by its insured. The individuals injured in the car accident, the intervenors/appellees, filed a cross-appeal challenging the district court’s ruling that the insured’s policy with Farmers did not provide liability coverage for the driver’s negligence.

Factual and procedural background

What should have been an enjoyable weekend spent among friends instead spawned nearly 7 years of litigation,…