State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Graham

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

The intervenor, Joan Eylar, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The trial court concluded that, as a matter of law, an automobile insurance policy’s liability exclusion for a claim of negligent entrustment is authorized by § 10-4-721, C.R.S. (1987 Repl.Vol. 4A); an endorsement to the policy issued by plaintiff excludes liability for such a claim; and consequently, plaintiff is not liable to the intervenor. We affirm.

The parties stipulated that the insured had negligently entrusted his truck to…