ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. TEEL

No. S-11039.

100 P.3d 2 (2004)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY and Tina Watts, Appellants, v. Monica Foster TEEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Wilkerson, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Ward M. Merdes, Fairbanks, and Lawrence F. Reger, Fairbanks, for Appellee.

Before: BRYNER, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An insurance policy defined "insured person" as someone legally entitled to recover damages for injury to the occupant of an insured vehicle. The parties dispute whether this provision covers an individual, Monica Foster Teel, who seeks to recover for her own emotional distress resulting from the death of her son, Cory Foster, an occupant of the insured vehicle. The superior court ruled that Teel...

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