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· 4/24/1970

Cocking v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Citations

  • 6 Cal. App. 3d 965
  • 86 Cal. Rptr. 193
  • 1970 Cal. App. LEXIS 1402

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a man 24 was “upon” a vehicle when he was placing chains on a vehicle’s tires because he was “in 25 the requisite physical relationship to the car” and was “using” the car
  • plaintiffs found to be “upon” an automobile while standing several feet behind it with tire chains
  • driver of vehicle standing on side of the road to put snow chains on the tires was insured when struck by uninsured motorist
  • man was insured when he was 20 injured while preparing to place car chains on the vehicle
  • coverage was allowed when individual was injured while putting chains on an uninsured automobile
  • coverage was allowed when individual was injured while putting chains on an uninsured automobile

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Judges: Molinari

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