Mathis v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

On July 1, 1977, Barbara Mathis was riding as a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Russell Mathis, when they collided with an automobile operated by James Edward Fountain, an uninsured motorist. She was severely injured. At the time of the accident, she lived with her mother and stepfather, Archie W. Gilley, and owned her own car, which was not covered by uninsured motorist insurance. Her stepfather, however, was the named insured on a policy of automobile insurance issued by Auto-Owners Insurance Company, which insured five separate automobiles owned by Gilley, and provided uninsured…