DeWitt v. Young

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is an action for damages arising out of an automobile accident. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, third-party defendant, appeals from the trial court’s holding that household and garage shop exclusion clauses in a standard automobile liability insurance policy are contrary to public policy and void under the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act. K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 40-3101 et seq.

On February 7, 1978, an automobile accident occurred at the corner of 8th and Mulvane in Topeka. The plaintiff was a passenger in her own car at…