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

No. 65056-0.

952 P.2d 157 (1998)

134 Wash.2d 713

Certification From the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Appellant, v. Beatriz A. RUIZ; Jose M. Ruiz, wife and husband; Aurora A. Apusen, a single person, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 12, 1998.

As Amended March 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed McClure, Michael S. Rogers, Seattle, for Appellant.

Levinson, Freidman, Vaugen, Duggan & Bland, Robert M. Kraft, Seattle, for Appellees.

ALEXANDER, Justice.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has certified the following question to this court:

Under an insurance policy that defines "relative" as "a person related to [the insured] by blood or adoption who lives with [the insured]," does a temporary visit for a vacation, planned to last approximately five weeks and no longer, constitute" living with" the insured?

Order, United States Court...

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