Dairyland Insurance Co. v. Assigned Claims Plan

GANT, Justice.

On October 30, 1980, Lester Kyle O’Neal, a Tennessee citizen and resident, was injured in an automobile accident as a passenger in an uninsured vehicle. The accident occurred near Franklin, Kentucky, and Mr. O’Neal was seriously injured. The driver and automobile were uninsured, but Mr. O’Neal had a policy of insurance on his automobile which he had left at his home in Tennessee and which was located there at the time of the accident. The policy of insurance was issued by Dairyland Insurance Company. Initially Dairyland made some basic reparation benefit payments to Mr. O’Neal,…