Continental Casualty Company v. Clophia Quebedeaux

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Under Louisiana policy once permission to use an automobile is established, such permission, whether expressed or implied, see Talbot v. All-state Insurance Co., La.App., 76 So.2d 76, is accorded a wide and liberal construction in determining whether the particular use is within the Omnibus Clause of the liability insurance contract. Parks v. Hall, 189 La. 849, 181 So. 191; Dominguez v. American Casualty Co., 217 La. 487, 46 So.2d 744, 748, 751.

But the District Court here, in sustaining a jury verdict, apparently impressed in part by the compulsory Safety…