Smith v. Shelter Mutual Insurance

W.H.“Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of appellee Shelter Mutual Insurance Company upholding a clause in an automobile liability insurance policy that excluded coverage to the minor son of the insured. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to find that the exclusion was void as against public policy. We find no error and affirm.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. On February 14, 1994, Jason Lockett, a minor, was driving a 1993 Dodge van on a public road in Saline County, Arkansas, when it collided with…