JONES v. AMERICAN STAR INS. CO.

No. 92-959.

501 N.W.2d 536 (1993)

Carol Beronich JONES and Terry Feehan, Individually and as Next Friends of Melissa Feehan, Their Daughter, Appellants, v. AMERICAN STAR INSURANCE CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Pabst of Clements, Pabst, Hansen & Maughan, Albia, for appellants.

Timothy J. McKay of McKay, Moreland & Webber, P.C., Ottumwa, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ and LAVORATO, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

We must decide whether a family exclusion clause contained in an automobile insurance policy providing underinsured motorist coverage is void on public policy grounds. This action was commenced by Carol Beronich Jones and Terry Feehan, individually and as next friends of their daughter, Melissa Feehan. The district court granted American Star Insurance Company's (American) motion for summary judgment on the basis that the policy's family exclusion...

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