QUINLAN v. COOMBS

Nos. 80-1973, 80-1974.

105 Wis.2d 330 (1981)

314 N.W.2d 125

Peggy J. QUINLAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lisa G. COOMBS and Heritage Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants, Jeffrey A. MICHALSKI, Steven R. Seidl, and American Family Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellants, GENERAL CASUALTY CO. OF WIS., Defendant-Respondent, ASSOCIATED HOSPITAL SERVICE, INC., a non-profit hospital service corp., Intervening Plaintiff. Jeffrey R. MICHALSKI and Raymond J. Michalski, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lisa G. COOMBS, individually, and Heritage Mutual Insurance Co., an insurance corporation, Defendants-Respondents, Steven R. SEIDL, individually, and American Family Mutual Insurance Co., an insurance corporation, Defendants-Appellants, GENERAL CASUALTY CO. OF WIS., an insurance corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants and the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of Stauber, Dehn, Wynia & Kissinger of Marshfield; Juneau, Johnston, Drach & Minder, S.C. of Marshfield, and Schmidt, Thibodeau & Schmidt of Wisconsin Rapids.

For the defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Brazeau, Potter, Wefel & Nettesheim of Wisconsin Rapids.

Before Voss, P.J., Brown and Scott, JJ.


BROWN, J.

This case applies an established rule of law regarding the "drive-other-cars" clause of an insurance policy to a factual situation significantly different from past opinions.

The "drive-other-cars" clause in an automobile liability insurance policy extends the driver's regular insurance to casual driving of cars other than his or her own without payment of an extra premium.1 In order to confine the extended protection...

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