Case Name: Marsha HANSON and Heather Kinsey, Appellants, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-08-31
Citations: 792 So. 2d 710
Docket Number: No. 5D00-1146
Parties: Marsha HANSON and Heather Kinsey, Appellants, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: PETERSON, GRIFFIN and SAWAYA, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 792
Pages: 710–711

Head Matter:
Marsha HANSON and Heather Kinsey, Appellants, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 5D00-1146.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 31, 2001.
D. Paul McCaskill, Orlando, for Appellants.
Michael C. Tyson, Lori A.W. Smith, Carlos M. Colombo of Zimmerman, Shuf-field, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Marsha Hanson and her daughter Heather Kinsey appeal a summary judgment finding that Heather was not a family member residing in Marsha's Nevada household when she was injured in a Flori da automobile accident and was not an insured under a Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company policy issued in Nevada to Marsha.
Both the appellant and appellee agree that whether Heather was a resident family member in Marsha's household must be construed according to Nevada law. Nevada reserves resolution of the issue of fact of residency for the jury. In this case, although the greater weight of the evidence favors the finding that Heather was not a resident of the Nevada household, facts do exist that supports Heather's assertion to the contrary and summary judgment was improper. See Mallin v. Farmers Ins. Exchange, 108 Nev. 788, 839 P.2d 105, 118 (1992) (Handelsman, D.J., dissenting) (the issue of whether an individual is a "resident" for purposes of a policy exclusion is one of fact for the jury); Moore v. Moore, 75 Nev. 189, 336 P.2d 1073, 1074 (1959) (in a divorce proceeding, the husband's residence and his intent were factual matters for the trier of fact's determination to the same extent as any other matters of fact) (citations omitted).
We vacate the summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.
PETERSON, GRIFFIN and SAWAYA, JJ., concur.