Lading v. Sawtelle

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether a Kansas insurance company may, under a policy of “personal injury protection” coverage issued to a Kansas resident, intervene in the insured’s suit for damages brought in a Missouri court and assert a subrogation claim for payments made under the policy for injuries the insured suffered in an automobile accident. The trial court denied the motion to intervene and this appeal followed.

The facts are that Lydia Jean Lading was operating a 1980 Chevrolet owned by her and her husband, Robert Lading, in Jackson County, Missouri on…