Quinlan v. Coombs

This case applies an established rule of law regarding the “drive-other-cars” clause of an insurance policy to a factual situation significantly different from past opinions.

The “drive-other-cars” clause in an automobile liability insurance policy extends the driver’s regular insurance to casual driving of cars other than his or her own without payment of an extra premium. In order to confine the extended protection to such casual driving and to make it inapplicable to driving of cars usually at hand, the policy normally excludes from coverage other cars owned by the insured or residents of…