Coronado v. Employers' National Insurance Co.

BARROW, Justice.

The issue before us is whether an employee who was driving a company owned vehicle on a purely personal mission after working hours was operating the vehicle with the permission of the company so as to be an omnibus insured under the company’s automobile liability policy. The trial court disregarded the jury’s finding of permission and entered a take-nothing judgment for respondent-insurer. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 577 S.W.2d 525. We agree with the lower courts that at the time of the accident the employee had materially deviated from the scope of the permission…