Bettis v. Wayne County Mutual Insurance Ass'n

SACKETT, Judge.

The question we must answer is whether the trial court correctly determined damages incurred while towing a tractor, following a collision, were not covered under collision insurance plaintiff-appellant, Donald Bettis had with defendant-appellee Wayne County Mutual Insurance Associa tion. We find the damage was covered. We reverse the trial court.

This is a declaratory judgment action tried in equity. Our review is de novo. Iowa R.App.P. 4; see Grinnell Mut. Reins. Co. v. Voeltz, 431 N.W.2d 783, 785 (Iowa 1988). We give weight to the district court’s findings of fact but are not…