Opinion ID: 1124661
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Heading: Continuous Permission Situation

Text: In Annotation, 5 A.L.R.2d 600, 617, it is pointed out that, where an employee has a broad and general discretion as to the use of a motor vehicle, a different situation exists from the one where the car is in the control of the employer. The author of the annotation states that such discretion may be assumed where the employee holds a responsible position which requires continuous use of a motor vehicle, and which does not subordinate him to specific instructions or supervision in regard to its use. That seems to be the situation in the case at bar. We believe the foregoing A.L.R. Annotation, at page 617, correctly summarizes the trend of authorities on this subject in saying: An employee of this type will, as a rule, be held to have continuous permission to use the car and hence there is a distinct tendency to consider him as coming within the protection of the omnibus clause of a liability insurance policy, irrespective of the particular use of the automobile at the time of the accident.