Jaquez v. National Continental Insurance

This is an insurance coverage case. As more fully set forth below, the insured drove her car to the home of her boyfriend’s sister. When the insured reached that destination she locked the car after parking it on the street in front of the residence. Once inside the house, she gave her car keys to her boyfriend’s nephew to retrieve a pack of cigarettes that she kept in the vehicle. Without the insured’s knowledge, the nephew then drove the ear and was involved in an accident. The question presented is whether, under those circumstances, a reasonable fact-finder could conclude that the nephew…