Allstate Insurance Company v. Skinner

Banke, Judge.

This case is before us on an interlocutory appeal by Allstate Insurance Company, third-party defendant below. The trial court granted summary judgment against Allstate in the third-party action, which was similar in nature to a declaratory judgment proceeding, and denied Allstate’s motion for summary judgment.

George Williamson, the plaintiff in the main action, sued for injuries received while a passenger in an automobile driven by N. H. Skinner, the defendant and third-party plaintiff. Skinner was driving the car with the permission of the owner, who was insured by Allstate.

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