Opinion ID: 2332710
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Heading: The April 29, 2005 summary judgment ruling

Text: On September 6, 2004, the Kalenka Estate filed a motion for summary judgment. Infinity filed a cross-motion for summary judgment on January 12, 2005. Superior Court Judge Morgan B. Christen ruled that there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether Eric Kalenka was occupying the vehicle during the stabbing. Kalenka's policy requires that the insured be occupying the vehicle to be covered, and the policy defines occupying as in, upon, entering into, or exiting from. The superior court held that there was a controversy as to where Kalenka was located when he was stabbed and whether or not he was occupying the vehicle. The superior court also held that it could not determine as a matter of law whether Kalenka's injuries were the product of an accident, another prerequisite for coverage. At the time of the superior court's ruling, Morrell had not yet been convicted of second-degree murder, and the superior court concluded that it could not determine as a matter of law whether Mr. Morrell intentionally inflicted the bodily injury. Kalenka's policy provides uninsured motorist coverage if the injury arose out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the uninsured motor vehicle. The superior court granted partial summary judgment to Infinity on the claim that Kalenka's injuries did not arise out of the use of the Suburban, the vehicle Morrell was driving. But the superior court ruled that it could not grant summary judgment on whether the injuries arose out of the ownership or maintenance of the vehicle.