PREFERRED RISK MUT. INS. CO. v. OLIVER


551 S.W.2d 574 (1977)

PREFERRED RISK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Patricia J. OLIVER, Adm'x of the Estate of Denise Cassel, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Leachman, Jr., Louisville, for appellants.

J. J. McCarthy, Louisville, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether an automobile liability insuror may contractually exclude a motorcycle from the definition of "uninsured vehicle" in a policy issued pursuant to the provisions of the uninsured motorist statute. KRS 304.20-020.

On January 25, 1973, Denise Cassel, aged 14, was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by Cloyd Leo Dobson, Jr., when he struck the left rear corner of an automobile stopped in a...

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