MID-CENTURY INS. CO. OF TEXAS v. LINDSEY

No. 97-0449.

997 S.W.2d 153 (1999)

MID-CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS, a division of The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, Petitioner, v. Richard LINDSEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 8, 1999.

Rehearing Overruled September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Hughes, E. Lawrence Merriman, Longview, for Petitioner.

David B. Griffith, Robert D. Bennett, Terri Weatherby Griffith, Gilmer, for Respondent.


Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, and Justice O'NEILL join.

The question is whether the underinsured motorist provision of a standard Texas personal auto policy covers the insured's bodily injuries resulting from the unintentional discharge of a shotgun on a gun rack in a pickup truck parked nearby. The answer, in this case, depends on whether, within the meaning of the...

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