Cincinnati Insurance v. Irvin

ENTRY ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HAMILTON, District Judge.

Under most automobile liability insurance policies, a person who has permission to drive a covered vehicle is treated as an insured person who is entitled to coverage. Most such liability policies also require an insured person to cooperate with the insurance company in investigating and defending claims. In this case the driver of one car in a two-car accident was not the named insured, but she had been given permission to drive the ear. The driver therefore was insured under the policy that covered the car. This ease…