Hancock v. Tri-State Insurance

Bruce Bullion, Special Judge.

This appeal involves the question of insurance coverage provided to a permitted driver in an automobile liability policy. The driver-employee of Allison Farms and Trucking, Inc., Mr. Videll, has been sued in tort by his co-employee, Mr. Hancock, for injuries received in an accident while they were delivering a load of rice for their employer. Mr. Videll made demand upon the employer’s automobile liability insurance carrier, Tri-State Insurance Co., to furnish him a defense to the Hancock suit and pay whatever judgment was rendered against him. Tri-State filed this…