State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance v. Treas

On February 16, 1968, the appellant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), filed a petition for a declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, alleging that an insurance policy issued to appellee, George Martin Treas, Jr., did not provide coverage for claims made against Treas for damages resulting from the death of a Mrs. Irma Dawson, who was struck by an automobile operated by Treas. Under the terms of the policy, State Farm agreed to pay for bodily injury liability incurred by Treas in the operation of an automobile if the injury was “caused by…