Is there any case law that supports the argument that a driver is not an insured person?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Belairdirect Insurance v Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, 2017 ONSC 367 (CanLII):
Belair criticizes the decision of Wright J. in Dominion v. State Farm, arguing that she focused on whether the driver was “an insured driver” when the question was whether the driver was “an insured person”, and arguing that her decision is not clearly reasoned. The Arbitrator’s Decision
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