Windsor Insurance Co. v. Lucas
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, Judge.
Windsor Insurance Company (“Windsor”) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County finding the “step-down” provision of an automobile insurance policy, which provided lesser coverage for losses caused by a permissive driver unrelated to the insured, to be ambiguous as well as contrary to Missouri public policy. Windsor also appeals the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees to the defendants. We reverse and remand.
On July 13, 1997, Artricia Lucas (“Lucas”) gave Charles Billups (“Billups”), her boyfriend, permission to drive her automobile. While…
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