Inabinet v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

This is an action by an insured against his automobile collision and liability insurer. The insured damaged his newly acquired automobile and sustained other losses on the date of acquisition, and the insurer denied liability on the basis that an endorsement to the policy excluded coverage on a newly acquired automobile. On motion of the defendant at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff the trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant and entered judgment thereon, from which the plaintiff appeals. Held:

1. The evidence does not demand a verdict for the…