{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"keanna-p-branch-kerperien-natural-daughter-of-decedents-stephanie-kerperien-and-james-kerperien-plaintiff","displayName":"KEANNA P. BRANCH KERPERIEN, Natural Daughter of Decedents, STEPHANIE KERPERIEN and JAMES KERPERIEN, Plaintiff-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36236:2020-03-12","opinionId":"566afb88-0ffd-53a7-a939-504ea6f5915c","slug":"keanna-p-branch-kerperien-natural-daughter-of-decedents-stephanie-kerperi-d36236","caseName":"KEANNA P. BRANCH KERPERIEN, Natural Daughter of Decedents, STEPHANIE KERPERIEN and JAMES KERPERIEN, Plaintiff-Respondent\nv.\nCOLUMBIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, MEMBER OF COLUMBIA INSURANCE GROUP, INC., Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD36236","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2020-03-12","year":2020,"display_summary":"Keanna P. Branch Kerperien filed a declaratory judgment action against Columbia Mutual Insurance Company to determine if liability coverage on an insurance policy could be \"stacked\" from four vehicles, resulting in $2,000,000 in coverage, following a wrongful death accident. The trial court granted summary judgment for Kerperien, finding the policy ambiguous and allowing stacking. The appellate court reversed, holding that the policy's language unambiguously prohibited stacking and limited liability to $500,000 per accident, directing the trial court to enter judgment for the Insurer.","primaryTopic":"insurance","topicSlugs":["insurance","contracts","summary-judgment","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"reversed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=151633","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/keanna-p-branch-kerperien-natural-daughter-of-decedents-stephanie-kerperi-d36236","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"insurance-bad-faith","label":"Insurance Bad Faith","href":"/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith","score":18,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: insurance","text: coverage","text: insurance policy"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: contracts"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: summary-judgment","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}