Royal Indemnity Co. v. Shull

BLACKMAR, Judge.

This declaratory judgment action is essentially a suit between two insurance companies, with liability claimants as interested spectators. Plaintiff-Respondent Royal Indemnity Company issued a liability insurance policy to Hertz Rental Company, designed to provide insurance coverage for Hertz’s customers while they were driving automobiles rented from Hertz. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, defendant-appellant, had issued an insurance policy to the father of Lawrence Feldman which would not provide coverage if the Hertz policy were found to provide coverage for Lawrence.

The…