Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Mason

VANCE, Judge.

The question is whether a person injured in a highway collision while in the act of pushing a motorcycle is entitled to recover basic reparation benefits under the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act.

The facts are not in dispute. On July 8, 1976, appellee was injured when he was struck by a motor vehicle driven by William R. Pedigo. Pedigo was insured by appellant Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. At the time of his injury appellee was walking beside and pushing a motorcycle on the highway. He claimed basic reparation benefits on the ground that he was a pedestrian at the…