Dick Courteau's GMC Truck Co. v. Comancho-Colon

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

These consolidated appeals involve disputes over coverage between the insurance carriers for codefendants.

The point on appeal is the same in both cases. Essentially, motor vehicle dealers had loaned vehicles to drivers who became involved in accidents with third parties. There was no agreement between the dealers and the drivers concerning insurance coverage. In each case, a negligence action was brought against the driver, and the dealer, as the owner of the vehicle, was joined as a defendant under the dangerous instrumentality doctrine. The dealers and their…