SHELTER GENERAL INS. CO. v. LINCOLN

No. 97-1443.

590 N.W.2d 726 (1999)

SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. Kara LINCOLN, Administrator of the Estate of Rona Lynn Muehlenthaler, Deceased; and Keith Muehlenthaler, Executor of the Estate of Morris Jacob Muehlenthaler, Deceased, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn L. Norris and George F. Davison, Jr., of Hawkins & Norris, Des Moines, for appellant Lincoln.

Kasey W. Kincaid of Faegre & Benson, Des Moines, for appellant Muehlenthaler.

Roy M. Irish of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, TERNUS, and CADY, JJ.


SNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action. The appellants ask us to overrule our prior decisions recognizing the validity of a family member exclusion in an automobile liability insurance policy. We decline to do so and affirm the summary judgment order.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

In September, 1995, Morris Muehlenthaler was driving his truck when it collided with a train. Both Morris...

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