Legal Opinion
Truck Insurance Exchange v. Nelson
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1987No. 87-020PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
Plaintiff Truck Insurance Exchange (TIE) appeals a November 5, 1986, amended judgment of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Still-water County, granting Nelson’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.
TIE presents a single issue for our review:
Did the District Court err in concluding that a 1979 Ford Bronco was an “owned automobile” within the meaning of Dennis Jordet’s insurance policy?
Dennis Jordet and his wife farm near Reedpoint, Montana. Jordet is insured under a comprehensive farm policy issued by TIE. In April of 1981, his wife’s sixteen-year-old sister, Patty Kent, moved in with the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sharp v. Hoerner Waldorf Corp.Montana Supreme Court · 1978
- National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Company v. Laurence Colbrese, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Safeco Insurance v. LappMontana Supreme Court · 1985
3Cited by5 opinions
- Leibrand v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1995
- Truck Insurance Exchange v. WallerMontana Supreme Court · 1992
- Fire Insurance Exchange v. TibiDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1995
- COLONIAL INS. CO. OF CAL. v. BlankenshipMontana Supreme Court · 1988
- Truck Insurance Exchange v. NelsonMontana Supreme Court · 1987