Lapp

Lapp v. Transport Indemnity Co.

Good Law
164 Cal. App. 3d 161·1985 Cal. App. LEXIS 1587·210 Cal. Rptr. 135
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 28, 1985F003149California1,009 words

Opinion

Opinion

Brown, J.

Part I

Gary Lapp and Ben Scott Faulkner, plaintiffs, appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Transport Indemnity Company (Transport). While Jar Corporation and/or Jartran, Inc. (Jartran) is a named defendant in the court below, it is not a party to the summary judgment proceeding before us.

It appears Jartran is engaged in the truck rental business. Appellants rented a truck from Jartran and were involved in an accident with an uninsured motorist. Appellants were injured and sought and were denied by Transport uninsured motorist coverage under a policy of insurance issued by Transport to Jartran as the named insured. The complaint alleges that “[o]n or about March 1, 1980 defendant Transport Indemnity Company, issued a contract of insurance, policy number 09041 to defendant JAR Cor poration and/or Jartran Inc. A copy of that part of the policy entitled ‘Occupational Comprehensive Liability and Comprehensive Physical Damage Policy Declarations’ as well as a copy of a ‘Waiver and Deletion of Uninsured Motorist Coverage’ are . . . attached hereto, and incorporated by reference hereby.”

The exhibits attached to the complaint establish that the policy…

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