2237 REVIEW DENIED In a liability insurance policy that excludes claims by residents of the insured's household, the term "resident" refers to a person for whom the household is an actual place of abode of some permanency, more than a mere temporary sojourn; so children visiting their divorced father for two weeks at his home in Mexico, and while there occupying their father's bedroom, with no plan or agreement for further visits were not residents of the father's household, and the father's homeowners carrier was obligated to defend and indemnify against their claims.CitationKIBBEE v BLUE RIDGE INS (Mexican Visit) 69 CA4 53 [See: Safeco v Gibson 211 CA3 176; Bluehawk v Continental 50 CA4 1126, T/AT 12/96; National Auto v Underwood 9 CA4 31, 11/92; Smith v Smith 45 C2 235]
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