American Family Mutual Auto Insurance v. Johnson

The issue presented by this appeal is: May an automobile liability insurance policy include damages for care and loss of services within the bodily injury limit of liability — thereby excluding such damages from the property damage limit — and still comply with the Indiana Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility and Driver Improvement Act? The answer is in the affirmative.

Plaintiff-appellant perfected this appeal after the entry of an adverse judgment by the trial court in an action for a declaratory judgment.

The pertinent facts, which are not in dispute, are as follows:

In May, 1965,…