STATE FARM MUT. INS. v. WESTLAKE


35 N.Y.2d 587 (1974)

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. James Westlake, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Hart for appellant.

Bernard M. Rosen for respondent.

Thomas A. Ford and John J. McCall for American Mutual Insurance Alliance, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and RABIN concur.


STEVENS, J.

The issue presented is whether the automobile liability policy, issued by plaintiff, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), to defendant, James Westlake (Westlake) and in effect on February 1, 1971, provides coverage to Westlake against liability for injuries suffered by his wife, Wanda Westlake, on that date, when a car owned and operated by Westlake, in which his wife was a...

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