Combs v. Carolina Casualty Insurance

The question presented by this case is whether the word “public” as used in Code § 68-612, providing for the giving by motor common carriers of indemnity bonds or insurance policies in lieu of bonds for the protection of the “public”, is broad enough to include a fellow servant of an agent or servant of a motor common carrier so as to make the surety on a bond, or the insurance company issuing a policy of insurance in lieu of bond, liable to such servant injured as a result of the concurring negligence of his fellow servant and of the employer, as alleged in this case. Upon a careful…