Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Cocking

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

We resolve a constitutional challenge to section 11580.1, subdivision (c), of the Insurance Code (further statutory references are to that code unless otherwise indicated) which authorizes automobile liability insurers to exclude from coverage an insured’s bodily injury liability to any other person insured under the policy. As will appear, we conclude that the provision is valid.

Defendant Cecilia Glorious, wife of defendant Paul Cocking, was injured while she was a passenger in a car driven by him. She sued him for damages alleging that her injuries were caused by her…