Weaver v. O'NEAL

WYNN, Judge.

This appeal arises from an action to obtain uninsured motorist coverage for the vehicular death of Beverly Weaver notwithstanding the fact that her named insured husband, Barry Weaver, had expressly rejected the coverage before she was added as an insured. We uphold the trial court’s grant of summary judgment favoring defendant North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company.

The underlying incident occurred on 9 July 1999 when an automobile driven by General Douglas McArthur O’Neal and owned by Matthew Brian Dale collided head-on with another vehicle killing its driver,…