Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Insurance v. Redland Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 15, 2008No. 08-1023PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
The question prompted by this insurance dispute is whether a driver of a tractor-trailer rig operates “in the business” of a motor carrier after he completes one delivery and, in anticipation of receiving another delivery order, begins to drive to find a place to sleep for the night — at which point a fatal car accident occurs.
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In March 2004, R & T Trucking leased a number of tractor-trailer rigs to Everhart Trucking. The lease agreement required Everhart to maintain a “blanket policy of insurance ... covering] the usage of the insured vehiele[s] whi[le] engaging…
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- Raska v. Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
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- City of Sharonville v. American Employers InsuranceOhio Supreme Court · 2006
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