Jones v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that this action does not involve the financial responsibility laws of the state, but instead is a claim based upon a contract. Plaintiff’s position is that G.S. 20-279.21(b)(2) controls.

G.S. 20-279.21 defines “motor vehicle liability policy.” Subsection (b)(2) reads in pertinent part:

Such owner’s policy of liability insurance . . . [s]hall insure the person named therein and any other person . . . using any such motor vehicle . . . with the express or implied permission of such named insured, or any other persons in lawful possession, against loss from the…