Coronado v. Employers' National Insurance Co.

596 S.W.2d 502 (1979)

Betty CORONADO, Petitioner,

v.

EMPLOYERS' NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondent.

No. B-8334.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 12, 1979.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1980.

Alex Gonzalez, Fort Stockton, Warren K. Heagy, Odessa, for petitioner.

Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe, Morrow & Dawson, Charles Tighe, Midland, for respondent.

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…