Woody v. American Tank Company

This is an appeal on leave granted to defendants American Tank Company and its workmen’s compensation insurer, Pacific Employers Insurance Company.

One basic question presented is whether an insurance company, although admitted to do business in this state as well as in many other states, can limit its liability to the benefit schedule of a state to which a particular contract of insurance is made applicable.

The policy involved in this case reads as follows:

"Item 3. Coverage A of this policy applies to the workmen’s compensation law and any occupational disease law of each of the following…