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GOVERNMENT EMP. INS. CO. v. INS. COMM'R. OF MD.

No. 1344, September Term, 1977.

40 Md. App. 201 (1978)

389 A.2d 422

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY v. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Waxter, Jr., with whom were Alan N. Gamse, J.D. Ruff and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes on the brief, for appellant.

Richard J. Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis Bill Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MELVIN and COUCH, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Insurance,1 it has been said, is something like gambling — you bet against yourself while the insurance company2 bets on you. This appeal arises because Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) refused to "cover," by way of policy renewal, the "bet" placed by Leonard and Audrey K. Frank on an automobile, titled in the name of the Franks, but actually...

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