Farmers Insurance Group v. Merryweather

McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal involves an insurance coverage dispute. Plaintiff Farmers Insurance Group (Farmers) brought a declaratory judgment action alleging it had canceled its motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a Chevrolet pickup truck owned by defendant Eloise Merryweather prior to April 20, 1969, when the truck, driven by defendant Keith Merryweather, was involved in an accident with another vehicle. Intervenor Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate) entered the action in Merryweathers’ behalf because it provides uninsured motorist coverage of that other vehicle.

The case was…