The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company should cover a student who was in a private vehicle when he was injured in a crash on the way to a soccer match.

The ruling stems from a 2006 accident in which Jesus Rodriguez was seriously injured while traveling in a pickup to the first soccer match of his high school season. Rodriguez filed a claim under the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s Mutual of Omaha insurance policy. Mutual of Omaha denied the claim.

In a ruling released Friday, the high court reversed an appeals court decision and held that private vehicle transportation to a school soccer match during which a student is injured qualifies as “covered travel.”

The case returns to the district court in Kansas City.