Bowie v. Ranger Insurance Co.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

Doris Bowie, Individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Loren Bowie, Deceased, sued Ranger Insurance Company on an insurance policy seeking recovery of $7,500 for damages to an aircraft. Plaintiffs husband, Loren Bowie, who was killed in the aircraft crash, was the named insured in the policy in question. Defendant answered that there was no coverage because at the time of the crash Loren Bowie, the pilot, did not have a “valid” medical certificate because he had fraudulently obtained his “medical certificate” from the Federal Aviation Administration.…