Allstate Ins. v. STATE AUTO. MUT. INS.

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• finding where liable driver of a motor vehicle is insured under a separate policy of insurance, liability policy covering the vehicle involved in the accident is primarily responsible for damages sustained and driver's individual policy is excess
• finding where liable driver of a motor vehicle is insured under a separate policy of insurance, liability policy covering the vehicle involved in the accident is primarily responsible for damages sustained and driver’s indi vidual policy is excess
• “simple, bright-line rule of law that the primary obligation to defend and indemnify follows the automobile, rather than the driver, facilitates an orderly determination of priorities among carriers insuring the same risk”

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