Central Wholesale Co. v. Wolverine Insurance

The question in this case is whether or not the defendant automobile liability insurer, Wolverine Insurance Company, has the duty to reimburse the plaintiff-insured, Central Wholesale Company, for damages paid in settlement of a personal injury suit brought by another party, along with the costs of defending and investigating such suit.

Shortly before noon, on July 27, 1957, Robert J. Bowes, accompanied by his wife Gertrude and their children, was driving north on US-23, when his 'automobile was struck in the rear by a truck-tractor, *690hauling a semitrailer, driven by Charles Vincent Swann. Both…