Velderrain v. Progressive Casualty Insurance

Opinion

WEISZ, J. *

Respondent insurance company, Progressive Casualty, filed an action for declaratory relief against its insured, Robert Hubbard, doing business as Hillside Towing Service, naming as codefendants appellant Josephine Velderrain and her former husband, Ramon Fierro. The codefendants Velderrain and Fierro had each brought wrongful death actions, where the principal defendant was one Gary Powell, the driver of a car in which the son of Velderrain and Fierro was riding as a passenger, joining Hubbard as a defendant. Powell had bought a 1967 Pontiac Firebird from Hubbard on the day…