White

White v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Good Law
1969 Cal. App. LEXIS 2326·272 Cal. App. 2d 693·77 Cal. Rptr. 615
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 9, 1969Civ. No. 33214California1,055 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Fourt, J.

Ralph C. White appeals from a judgment declaring that his insurer, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (hereinafter sometimes called State Farm) is not required either to defend or to satisfy any judgment resulting from an action instituted against appellant as the consequence of an accident which occurred while appellant was driving an automobile not owned by him.

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain the trial court’s finding that the car he was driving at the time of the accident was ‘1 furnished or available for . . . [his] frequent or regular use” and thus excluded from his insurance coverage.

White was the named insured on a policjr of automobile insurance, including bodily injury and property damage liability, which was issued by State Farm covering two automobiles, a Chevrolet and a Cadillac, owned by White effective for the period from January 13 to July 13, 1966. That policy provided, in part, that "If the named insured is a person or persons, and if during the policy period such named insured owns an automobile covered by this policy and classified as ‘pleasure and business’, such insurance as is afforded by this policy…

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