Woodrich Construction Co. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “use” of motor vehicle includes exercise of supervisory control over its movements
• concluding that \use\ of motor vehicle includes exercise of supervisory control over its movements
• extending coverage to persons “using” the insured’s vehicle depends on the extent of control assumed
• “the decision must rest upon a construction of the language employed by the respective insurers and not upon ... any other arbitrary rule or circumstance”
• injuiy to bystander caused by negligently driven truck arose out of use of motor vehicle, but injury also caused by negligent placement of turntable upon which truck was driven
• general contractor providing directions to the employee of a subcontractor who was backing up a truck on the site was considered a user of the truck; truck driver’s vision was obscured

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).