Legal Opinion

Leon D. McCormick & Sons, Inc. v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 11, 1980No. 79-1241PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

McCormick & Sons, Inc., appeals from a judgment in favor of Auto-Owners Insurance Company. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in interpreting the coverage provisions of an automobile insurance policy issued to the appellant by Auto-Owners. We agree and reverse.

On May 16,1977, a 1973 GMC dump truck owned by McCormick & Sons was transporting a load of wet limestone to a road building project. When the driver attempted to dump the load from the dump truck, the wet limestone came out of the truck unevenly. The load emptied from the righthand side of the dump…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roberson v. United Services Automobile AssociationDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  2. Brown v. Lee County Mosquito Control Dist.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Forest Tree Service, Inc. v. Illinois Farmers InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  2. Monticello Insurance v. Southern Imaging & X-Ray, Inc.Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida · 1990

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