Merritt v. Farmers Insurance

Innes, J.:

The plaintiff-appellant Florence Alberta Merritt was found by the trial court not to be an insured under the uninsured motorist provisions of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant-appellee Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., to plaintiff Yvonne JoAnne Simpson, who was the driver of an uninsured vehicle owned by appellant Merritt and in which Merritt- was riding as a passenger. Appellant’s petition was dismissed for failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted, and this appeal followed.

This action was originally filed by Yvonne JoAnne Simpson against the defendant…