AUTO ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. T.I.G. INS. CO.

No. 2000-SC-0822-DG.

89 S.W.3d 398 (2002)

AUTO ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, d/b/a J.D. Byrider, Inc.; and Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Appellants, v. T.I.G. INSURANCE COMPANY; Sharon Peege; and Wayne Chandler, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Colson, Michael E. Liska, Fowler, Measle & Bell, Lexington, Counsel for Appellant, Auto Acceptance Corporation, D/B/A J.D. Byrider, Inc.

Thomas L. Travis, Clark, Ward & Cave, Lexington, Counsel for Appellant, Auto-Owners Insurance Company.

William D. Kirkland, Julie Cobble, J. Bradford Derifield, McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee, T.I.G. Insurance Company.

Alan M. Hall, Manty, Hall & Associates, Elizabethtown, Counsel for Appellee, Sharon Peege.

Stephen R. Chappell, Landrum & Shouse, Lexington, Counsel for Appellee, Wayne Chandler.


JOHNSTONE, Justice.

At issue in this case is the identity, for insurance purposes, of the owner of a vehicle involved in an accident. Relying primarily on Nantz v. Lexington Lincoln Mercury Subaru, Ky., 947 S.W.2d 36 (1997), both the trial court and the Court of Appeals determined that the "owner" was the seller of the car, Appellant, J.D. Byrider, Inc. Because of an intervening revision to KRS 186A.220, we disagree and ...

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