STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. GATES

No. 19388-4-II.

921 P.2d 1096 (1996)

83 Wash.App. 471

The STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, v. Margo GATES and David Michael Gates, wife and husband; and Jessica Boyd, a single person, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

September 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gideon D. Caron, Morse & Bratt, Vancouver, for Appellants.

William Robert Hickman, Pamela A. Okano, Peter M. Ruffatto, Reed McClure, Seattle, Norman C. Dick, Walstead Mertsching, Husemoen, Donaldson & Barlow Ps, Longview, for Respondent.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

In July 1993, 16-year-old Jessica Boyd was injured while a passenger on a three-wheeled all-terrain vehicle (ATV) driven by a friend. Because the friend was uninsured, Boyd sought benefits from State Farm under the underinsured motorist (UIM) provisions of her parents' (the Gateses) policy. The UIM section of that policy excludes from coverage motorcycles and motor driven cycles. In this case, we are asked to decide whether this exclusion extends...

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