McKissick v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

The legal question presented here is one of first impression in the state insofar as we can determine, and that question is whether a "corporate veil" can be pierced in order to trigger an exclusion of coverage in an automobile liability insurance policy.

This question arises out of a declaratory judgment action in which the trial court found the policy exclusion applied; therefore, the court found that the carrier was relieved of any duty or obligation to provide a legal defense for the insured or pay any judgment rendered against its insured. The controversy originated out of an automobile…