Matits v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided 1960-12-05

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*498 Hall, J. (dissenting). The sweeping adoption by the majority of the “initial permission” rule as the criterion for construction and application of the omnibus clause deeply overshadows the question of who should win this case. The simple words, perhaps too simple, “actual use * * * with the permission” of the policyholder or named assured, found in su…

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