Fujimoto v. Western Pioneer Insurance

Opinion

ALARCON, J.

In this declaratory relief action, defendant Western Pioneer Insurance Company appeals from a judgment determining that a policy of automobile liability insurance issued by defendant was in force on June 23, 1976, when plaintiff Noriko Fujimoto, an insured under the policy, struck and injured a pedestrian while driving an automobile covered by the policy. We reverse the judgment.

In her complaint, plaintiff alleged: Since before 1957, Hisashi Fujimoto, plaintiff’s husband, has been covered by automobile insurance issued by defendant. In recent years, such insurance was…