Hutterite Colony Seeks UIM Coverage For 2 Members Not Named On Policy

Mealey's (July 20, 2017, 4:04 PM EDT) -- HELENA, Mont. — Two members of a Hutterite colony, Kilby Butte Colony, who were injured in an auto accident while traveling in a vehicle owned by a Canadian Hutterite colony should be covered under the Kilby Butte’s underinsured motorist insurance (UIM) coverage because individual colony members cannot own colony vehicles or carry their own insurance, creating an “illusory coverage” by the insurer, Kilby Butte argues in an appellant reply brief filed June 29 in the Montana Supreme Court (Kilby Butte Colony, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, No. DA 17-0162, Mont. Sup.)....