Country Wide Insurance v. Rodriguez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Martin B. Klein, J.

This is an action seeking a declaration as to the amount of coverage provided by an automobile liability policy. Country Wide Insurance Co. (Country Wide) issued a policy in New York to the defendant, Padilla, a resident of New York, with coverage of $10,000 for bodily injury to one person. While passing through North Carolina on the way to Florida, defendant, Nieves Rodriguez, a passenger in Padilla’s automobile, was injured in a collision involving Padilla’s automobile and one owned and operated by a North Carolina resident. Nieves Rodriguez then…