Lambright v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh

OPINION

in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL and FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., JJ., joined.

All parties sought declaratory judgment as to whether or not driver Michael George Eberly was an omnibus insured under the permissive user provisions of his employer’s policy of insurance at the time of the accident in issue. The Chancellor in non-jury trial found that Eberly had only engaged in a “minor deviation” from employer restrictions on his permissive use of the vehicle, and required National Union Fire Insurance Company to protect Eberly as an omnibus insured under the policy. We reverse the action of the…