Reason v. Miller's Casualty Insurance

STOKER, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a homeowner’s insurance policy, in which Deanna Hymel was an insured, provided coverage for bodily injury to a guest passenger in a vehicle operated by the homeowner’s minor son on a public highway. The vehicle was owned by the minor’s father who was divorced from the defendant. The trial judge found coverage and awarded damages. We reverse.

FACTS

This is a personal injury suit filed by Elizabeth Reason, individually and on behalf of her minor daughter, Christie George. Christie was a guest passenger in a pickup truck owned by Gerard…