Shaw v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Bell, Judge.

The sole issue of law raises the question'whether the phrase, “the insured,” in an exclusion clause of State Farm’s policy, includes the named insured so as to relieve the insurer of coverage as to personal injuries sustained by the named insured as a result of alleged negligence of a driver who would otherwise be insured by the policy since the driver was using the car with the permission of the named insured. ' ' "

The definition and exclusion relied upon by State Farm as a basis for the contention that the named insured is excluded as a claimant under the policy arises from the…