Court Opinion

ID: 9666444
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:15:19.670003+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:28.870425
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*957DYCHE, Judge,
dissenting.
By a 6-1 vote in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Rains, Ky., 715 S.W.2d 232 (1986), our Supreme Court rejected the “positional risk” interpretation of the MVRA’s basic reparation benefits provisions. Although the majority opinion herein attempts to factually distinguish the present facts from those in Rains and its companion case, and then decide this case on a “causal connection” basis, it in reality adopts “positional risk” analysis.
There is no causal connection between the use of the motor vehicle by Ms. Hall and her injuries. Speculation about landslides, errant birds or animals, mischievous children and human nature in general does not change what happened in this case.
We cannot predict with certainty changes which higher courts might make in statutory construction; we do know, however, that at this moment “causal connection” is favored over “positional risk.” That being so, I must respectfully dissent. SCR 1.030(8)(a).