Fort Myers Airways, Inc. v. American States Insurance Co.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

These consolidated cases represent the second appeal arising from the January, 1977, crash of Herman Shaw’s Cessna 411 aircraft. In Fort Myers Airways, Inc. v. American States Insurance Co., 411 So.2d 883 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982), we held that Shaw’s flight instructor, Donald Varbonco-eur, was an insured under the policy written by American States for Shaw. We based our holding on the premise that “a flight instructor, giving instructions to the owner and insured of an airplane, is the agent or employee of the owner under an insurance policy which provides coverage to an agent or…