National Union Fire Insurance v. Truck Insurance Exchange

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal seeks a determination of the present validity of an Arizona statute first enacted in 1927 allowing an insurer of rental vehicles to exclude coverage to a driver-lessee for injuries incurred by a passenger in the rented automobile.

Plaintiff-appellee, Truck Insurance Exchange, brought a declaratory judgment action against defendant-appellant, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., to determine which insurance company owed the duty to defend Thomas Patrick Murphy. The question of defense arose out of an action brought by Toni Delores…