Legal Opinion
Cocking v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 24, 1970No. Civ. 26080PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOLINARI, P. J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in a declaratory relief action declaring and adjudging that he was not an “insured” under the uninsured motorist provisions of a policy of insurance issued by defendant. The appeal is on an agreed statement of facts.
On January 22, 1966, plaintiff was driving a 1965 Volkswagen owned by John Preston. Preston had given plaintiff permission to drive the car.
On January 22, 1966, the aforementioned Volkswagen was the described motor vehicle in a current State Farm automobile policy (including uninsured motorist coverage) issued by defendant…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Ohio Casualty InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Madden v. Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Ins.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1948
- Wolf v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, PennsylvaniaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
- Katz v. American Motorist InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
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3Cited by32 opinions
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