Farmland Insurance Companies of Des Moines v. Heitmann
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
WUEST, Justice.
This is an appeal from summary judgment granted to Farmland Insurance Co. concerning its obligation to pay underin-sured motorist benefits for the death of Laura Heitmann. We affirm.
FACTS
The facts in this case are not in dispute. On August 24, 1990, decedent Laura Heit-mann was riding her bicycle when she was struck and killed by a pick-up truck driven by Terrance Hornseth (Hornseth) and owned by Gary Greseth (Greseth). Horn-*622seth was drunk at the time; he later pled guilty to vehicular homicide in the accident.
At the time of the accident, Hornseth carried liability insurance…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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