Opinion ID: 2194534
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: movement of vehicle

Text: Because the focus of the dispute is on where DeWitt's vehicle was principally garaged, it is necessary to review where DeWitt spent time and where her vehicle was located in 1999. As noted, DeWitt attended college in Nebraska from 1997 to 2000. She estimated that while attending college, she would typically spend 200 days per year in Nebraska. The only periods when she was not in Nebraska were holidays and summers. During the spring of 1999, DeWitt purchased the vehicle in Lincoln, Nebraska. She did not register her vehicle in Nebraska. But according to DeWitt, in May 1999, after purchasing the vehicle, her mother informed the family's State Farm insurance agent that DeWitt was using the vehicle in Nebraska. DeWitt testified that she believed her mother had filled out a form sent to the family by State Farm. In June 1999, DeWitt's family renewed the insurance policy. The declarations page sent to them at the time of renewal states that the policy period was from June 17, 1999, to February 10, 2000. At the time of the renewal, neither DeWitt nor the vehicle was in Nebraska. Instead, DeWitt had the vehicle with her in New York, where she worked as a nanny over her 1999 summer break. DeWitt did not know if anyone had notified State Farm that the vehicle would be in New York during the summer of 1999. When the nanny job ended, DeWitt returned to Nebraska for the fall 1999 semester. She remained in Nebraska until December 2000.