Mission Insurance v. Feldt

In this appeal by Allstate Insurance Company, the question is whether respondent Mission Insurance Company is liable under its nonowner or operator’s policy of liability insurance issued to Jasper L. Bailey at the time Bailey negligently operated an automobile registered in the name of a joint venture of which he was one of the partners. We hold that such derivative ownership interest by Bailey in the accident vehicle did not invalidate his nonowner’s policy and relieve Mission of liability under that policy. Since Bailey was not uninsured at the time of the accident, the trial court erred in…