Cotton States Mutual Insurance v. Statiras

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

This is a civil action arising out of an automobile collision that resulted in the death of two persons and injuries to two others. Primarily at issue on this appeal is the insurance coverage under a policy issued by appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (hereinafter “State Farm”) to Marvin E. Parker, one of the fatalities and the owner and driver of the modified 1962 Volkswagen (hereinafter “VW”) involved in the collision.

There are two principal questions raised on appeal: (1) whether *170the modified VW constituted an “automobile” for purposes of State…