Rohling v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in district court dismissing with prejudice an action brought by plaintiff to recover damages under an uninsured-motorist provision of an automobile liability insurance policy. The dismissal was based on an order by the trial court directing a verdict at the close of the evidence! We reverse.

Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle registered in the name of Frederick Britton and driven by his 19-year-old son, Mark, when it was involved in a collision. Because the other automobile involved in the accident was uninsured, plaintiff claimed coverage under…