State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Hilk

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of plaintiff.

The facts giving rise to the cause of action are not seriously in dispute. They are taken from depositions, interrogatories, and pleadings. Merlin Hilk was engaged in farming. He purchased a personal and farm liability insurance policy from plaintiff, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, which obligated the company to “pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay because of bodily injury, sustained by a farm employee of the insured while…