Court Opinion

ID: 9445085
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:19:12.975521+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:07.051347
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FAHY, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
The omnibus clause should be construed broadly,- in accord with the public policy favoring broad coverage evidenced by § 40-412, D.C.Code 1951. So construed I think there was a question for the jury whether Donaldson was entrusted by the named insured with general custody of the automobile in the special circumstances of his responsibility the weekend of the accident. See Moore v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 193 Tenn. 519, 246 S.W.2d 960. If the jury should find this to be the case, then I think it would follow that the use of the car by Donaldson at the time of the *366accident was with the permission of the named insured within the meaning of the omnibus clause, notwithstanding, as Donaldson put it, he was then on his own. The fact that he was on his own at the time of the accident -does not foreclose the question of permission. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. De Cuers, D.C.E.D.La., 33 F.Supp. 710.