An insurance company may have to cover injuries caused when friends of a passenger involved in a drunken-driving accident pried the man from the car and took him to his girlfriend’s apartment in an effort to conceal the collision, a court of common pleas judge has ruled.
Last week, Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas Judge Craig Cox denied summary judgment motions in Cox v. State Farm Insurance, and rejected the insurance carrier’s argument that it should not have to provide underinsured motorist coverage because intentional acts, and not the car accident, caused some of the injuries.
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