Newman v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

This appeal is taken from a summary judgment in favor of a third-party defendant insurance company. The effect of the holding is that the death of a patient being transported in an ambulance, allegedly due to the attendant's failure to provide her with oxygen, is not covered by the ambulance company's automobile liability insurance.

On August 25, 1980, an ambulance operated by Jim's Emergency Medical Service answered a call to take Mrs. Willie Mae Evans to the Mobile Infirmary. Mrs. Evans was a cancer patient who was being given oxygen at home and needed it for the trip to the hospital. Her…