DALEY v. REED

Nos. 2000-SC-0703-DG, 2000-SC-0744-DG.

87 S.W.3d 247 (2002)

John P. DALEY; and Allstate Insurance Company, Appellants, v. James REED, Administrator of the Estate of Robin Reed, et al., Appellee. and ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. James REED, Administrator of the Estate of Robin Reed, et al., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susanne M. Cetrulo, Cetrulo & Mowery, P.S.C., Crescent Springs, Counsel for Appellant, for John P. Daley.

Thomas R. Yocum, Benjamin Yocum & Heather, Cincinnati, Counsel for Appellant, Allstate Insurance Company, DKT No. (2002-SC-0703-DG).

Susanne M. Cetrulo, Cetrulo & Mowery, P.S.C., Cresent Springs, Thomas R. Yocum, Benjamin Yocum & Heather, Cincinnati, Counsel for Appellant, Allstate Insurance Company, DKT. No. (2000-SC-0703-DG).

Eric C. Deters, Ashley Scott McDavid, Eric C. Deters & Assoc., Ft. Mitchell, Stuart Paul Brown, Bogucki, Knoebel & Vice, Maysville, Counsel for Appellee James Reed, Administrator of the Estate of Robin Reed, DKT. No. (2000-SC-0703-DG).

Eric C. Deters, Eric C. Deters & Assoc., Ft. Mitchell, Counsel for Appellee James Reed, Administrator of the Estate of Robin Reed, et al., DKT No. (2000-SC-0744-DG).

A. Campbell Ewen, Angela D. Lucchese, Ewen Kinney & Rosing, Lousiville, Counsel for Amicus Curiae National Assoc. of Independent Insurers.

Douglas L. Hoots, Landrum & Shouse, LLP, Counsel for Amici Curiae, Alliance of American Insurers and Insurance Institute of Kentucky.

D. Craig Dance, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC, Lexington, Donald L. Miller, II, Frost Brown Todd, LLC, Louisville, Robert L. Steinmetz, Laura M. Haara, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, PLLC, Louisville, for Counsel for Amici Curiae Progressive Max Ins. Co., and Grange Mutual Ins. Co.


COOPER, Justice.

In Moore v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., Ky., 710 S.W.2d 225 (1986), we held that a claim for loss of spousal consortium is payable under the "each person" limit, not the "each accident" limit, of a policy of automobile liability insurance. The issue raised by this appeal is whether that holding applies as well to a claim for loss of parental consortium. We conclude that it does.

Robin Reed was killed...

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