STATE FARM v. ZURICH AM. INS. CO.


118 N.J. Super. 84 (1972)

286 A.2d 517

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, AND DESKIN T. KNOLL AND DOROTHY N. KNOLL, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND STEVEN JOHNS AND JOSEPH W. JOHNS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND A. RODMAN KAY, A MINOR, BY HIS FATHER AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ALBERT KAY AND ALBERT KAY, INDIVIDUALLY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph H. Kenney argued the cause for defendants-appellants Steven Johns and Joseph W. Johns (Messrs. Archer, Greiner, Hunter & Read, attorneys; Mr. Charles Lee Harp, Jr., on the brief).

Mr. Edgar E. Moss, II, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Messrs. Moss & Powell, attorneys; Mr. William R. Powers, Jr., on the brief)

Mr. Raymond W. Uliase argued the cause for defendants-appellants Deskin T. Knoll and Dorothy N. Knoll and A. Rodman Kay, a minor, and Albert Kay (Messrs. Uliase & Uliase, attorneys for defendants Knoll, and Messrs. Toll Friedman & Pinsky, attorneys for defendants Kay).

Mr. Michael Patrick King argued the cause for defendant-respondent Zurich American Insurance Company (Messrs. Kisselman, Devine, Deighan & Montano, attorneys).

Messrs. Casby & Garrigle filed a statement in lieu of brief on behalf of the New Jersey Unsatsified Claim and Judgment Fund Board.

Before Judges KILKENNY, LABRECQUE and LANE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LABRECQUE, J.A.D.

Plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) instituted suit for a declaratory judgment that it did not cover defendant Steven Johns as an additional insured in connection with an accident which occurred on March 16, 1969 when an automobile owned by its insured, Thomas Busby, III, and driven by Steven, was in a collision with one being operated by defendant Deskin T. Knoll. Defendant...

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