Court Opinion

ID: 9524110
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:50:02.162646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:08:52.497452
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*177Caporale, J.,
concurring.
I write separately because the appeal can be addressed in much simpler terms than those applied in the majority opinion. The sole issue framed by the pleadings was whether State Farm possessed any property belonging to Overman. Under our holding in State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. van Gorder, 235 Neb. 355, 455 N.W.2d 543 (1990), the Torrisons’ petition did not make allegations which came within the coverages provided by State Farm. As a consequence, State Farm did not have a duty to defend the Torrisons’ suit, see Allied Mut. Ins. Co. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 243 Neb. 779, 502 N.W.2d 484 (1993), and Millard Warehouse, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 204 Neb. 518, 283 N.W.2d 56 (1979), and therefore had no property belonging to Overman. Accordingly, State Farm was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the issue as framed by the garnishment pleadings, and the district court’s entry of summary judgment on behalf of State Farm was correct.