State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Staff

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company sought a declaratory judgment holding that the terms of an insurance policy issued by it to James Staff created no obligation to provide a defense for or indemnify either Staff or Stephen Kazimir in a suit brought against them by the administrator of the estate of Edward Newman. The trial court found for State Farm as to Staff and Kazimir. Defendant Kazimir appeals the judgment order declaring that State Farm has no obligation or duty to defend or indemnify Staff.

As the result of a fatal truck accident on September 12, 1966, a wrongful death…