Cano v. Travelers Insurance Co.

BLACKMAR, Judge.

This case was argued immediately following Hines v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 656 S.W.2d 262 (Mo. banc 1983). Much of what we say there is applicable here.

The plaintiff Jesse Cano was an automobile salesman employed by John Chezik Buick, Inc. (Chezik). He was furnished an automobile owned by his employer for business and personal use. He was allowed to take it home when he was off duty, and even to leave it at home while he was working.1 There was evidence that the automobile was held out to him as a fringe benefit at the time he was hired. He apparently had no…