Estate of Trobaugh Ex Rel. Trobaugh v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

KERN, Circuit Court Judge.

[¶ 1.] Estate of Trobaugh (Estate) filed three separate suits seeking damages resulting from Douglas Trobaugh’s (Tro-baugh) death in an automobile accident.

APPEAL # 21302

[¶ 2.] The first suit against Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers) sought a declaration that the driver of the car, Mike Sylvester (Mike) was a permitted driver of the 1986 Ford Taurus involved in the fatal November 30, 1996 accident. Estate contended that although the car was titled and insured in Thomas Juffer’s (Juffer) name, coverage for the accident was available under the omnibus clause of…