U.S. 6th, Corp's Underinsured Motorist Only if Employment

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that a policy of insurance that names a corporation as an insured for uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage covers a loss sustained by an employee of the corporation only if the loss occurs within the course and scope employment. In Posante v. Cambridge Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (09/08/04 - No. 02-4383), Tony Posante, a former employee of Pepsico, Inc., sought a declaration that Pepsico's insurer, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, was liable for underinsured motorist coverage in connection with an accident in which his daughter, Ashle...