COSTELLO v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INS. CO.

No. 0309, Sept. Term, 2001.

795 A.2d 151 (2002)

143 Md. App. 403

Gail Ann COSTELLO, et al. v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard K. Kurman (James R. Barrett and Offit, Kurman & Alms, P.A., on the brief), Owing Mills, for appellants.

Patricia McHugh Lambert (Sheri Green and Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A., on the brief), Towson, for appellee.

Argued before JAMES R. EYLER, ADKINS, and WILLIAM W. WENNER, (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


ADKINS, J.

In this case, we decide that a household exclusion clause in an automobile liability insurance policy limits coverage for a wrongful death claim brought by adult children against their father for negligently causing the death of their mother. On the afternoon of January 31, 1999, Gail Hill was driving his car in Carroll County when he fell asleep at the wheel, causing the car to veer off the side of the road and strike a telephone pole. At the time of the...

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