Pecoraro v. Galvin’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “"The remaining question lies in whether the trial judge was correct in determining that Stonewall owed Michael Galvin, Sr., both coverage and a defense. Stonewall, in denying coverage, relies upon a "Students' Restrictive Endorsement" which, reduced to its simplest terms, excludes as a named insured, any student enrolled as such, other than Michael, Jr., and asserts further that Timothy was a student within the meaning of the policy at the time of the accident. The problem with Stonewall's position lies in the fact that Timothy is not the insured in question. It was Michael, Sr., his father, who was forced to face the suit and who was ultimately cast in judgment. The Stonewall policy in question plainly includes as a named insured, any resident of the same household as Michael, Jr. Michael, Sr., was a resident of that household and the policy contains no exclusion concerning the vicarious liability of a parent for a minor son. Considering the public policy of the State of Louisiana concerning liability insurance and the family insurance policy in particular, we are constrained to hold that Michael J. Galvin, Sr., was entitled to both coverage and a defense. (See LSA-R.S. 22:655 and 21 La.L.Rev. 835.)"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 So. 2d 311 - Audubon Insurance Co. v. Guidry