Katz v. Allstate Insurance

— In an action to recover from defendant insurer the amount of a judgment obtained against the driver of an automobile owned by defendant’s insured (Insurance Law, § 167, subd 1, par [b]), plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.), dated January 3, 1983, which dismissed the complaint. Judgment affirmed, with costs. On August 12, 1977, plaintiffs were involved in an automobile accident with a stolen car owned by one Amelia Bouganim but operated by a William Johnson without Bouganim’s knowledge or consent. Both the vehicle occupied by plaintiffs and the…