Behrens v. Aetna Life & Casualty

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

Daniel Corrales, the son of Gilbert and Edna Corrales, while waterskiing in the family boat caused injury, variously described as “serious” and as a “ropeburn”, to plaintiff Andrea Behrens. Claiming that the parents had negligently entrusted the boat to Daniel and had negligently “failed to provide supervision of the operation of the boat,” Behrens brought suit against them. They tendered defense of the action to defendant Aetna Life & Casualty Company which had issued a homeowner’s policy to the Corraleses. Aetna declined the defense because of a policy…