Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Jensen
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1990No. 18374PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
James Boutelle has a personal injury claim against David Jensen. Allstate Insurance Company brought this declaratory judgment action to determine its obligation to defend Jensen under the omnibus or permissive driver clause of an automobile insurance policy issued to Gary Caldwell. Boutelle appeals from a summary judgment in which the district court ruled that Allstate had no duty to defend Jensen. We affirm, but for reasons other than the “significant deviation” rule relied upon by the court below.
In 1984, Jensen and Caldwell were employed on a bridge construction…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Matits v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Konrad v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1956
- Estep v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Iowa National Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- Milbank Mutual Insurance Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hovet v. Allstate InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
- Norton v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Universal Underwriters Insurance v. TaylorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
- Raskob v. SanchezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- Wiglesworth v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
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