Supreme Court of California

If coverage under an excess policy is sold to a rental car customer in reasonable reliance on the rental car agent-s inspection of the customer-s driver-s license and signature, and if the insurer acts promptly upon discovery of the customer-s misrepresentation concerning the validity of the license presented, the insurer may be able to avoid liability on the excess policy to third parties injured by the customer.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2006
• Published 12/07/2006

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Hindin & Abel, Robert Marc Hindin, Bruce David Abel, Snow Tuyet Vuong and Douglas William Davis, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants Blanca Montes-Harris et al., Law Offices of David R. Denis, David Robert Denis and M. Michael Saint-George, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant Javier Cortez., Greenspan, Glasser & Rosson, David M. Glasser, Culver City;  Conner & Winters, James E. Green, Jr., and Julia Forrester-Sellers, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff and Respondent.