Murphy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Plaintiff, Jesse Murphy, special administrator of the estate of David Murphy, his natural son, instituted a declaratory judgment action seeking an order by the trial court that the two automobile insurance policies purchased by the plaintiff from the defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, provided coverage under his uninsured motorist provisions for his son’s death on September 14, 1987. At issue is whether David was a “relative” of the plaintiff as that term was defined in the plaintiff’s insurance policies and, thus, an insured at the time of his death. The circuit court…