DOUGLAS v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.

No. 8120DC230.

283 S.E.2d 166 (1981)

John Arthur DOUGLAS, Rita Lynn Douglas & Richard G. Douglas, by their Guardian ad Litem, Naomi Douglas v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Alice L. GRIFFIN by her Guardian ad Litem, Alice Douglas Griffin v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leath, Bynum, Kitchin & Neal by Fred W. Bynum, Jr., Rockingham, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Taylor & Bower by George C. Bower, Jr., Wadesboro, for defendant-appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

The issue presented is whether permission given under an innocent mistake as to identity is effective so as to require coverage under the medical liability provision of this automobile insurance policy. We hold that on these facts permission is effective.

An omnibus clause, such as that in the medical liability provision of the present insurance policy, protects persons other than the named insured. Under the clause of this policy, passengers...

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