Dearing
California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Dearing
Opinion
Opinion
Sims, J.
In this action for declaratory relief, commenced by an insurer (California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau, a reciprocal inter-insurance exchange), the named insured (Joyce E. Bearing), her minor son (Gary R. Bearing), who resided in her household, the victims (Muriel Brown Johansen and Hans Milton Johansen) of an accident in which an automobile operated by the minor son was involved, and their insurer (Hartford Insurance Company, a corporation) which furnished them property damage and uninsured motorists coverage, have all appealed from a judgment which absolved the Bureau of any responsibility for furnishing coverage for the accident in question. The automobile operated by the minor at the time of the accident was not the vehicle particularly described in the policy, and the controversy revolves about its status at that time.
The insurer agreed as follows: “To pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of: (a) bodily injury . . . ; (b) injury to or destruction of property, . . . ; arising out of the ownership, maintainance or use of the owned automobile or any non-owned automobile,…