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The California Court of Appeal reversed a ruling in favor of an insurer who had sued another insurer for contribution to a settlement award stemming from an auto accident involving a priest and a motorcyclist. The case is GuideOne Mutual Ins. Co. v. Utica National Ins. Group, 213 Cal. App. 4th 1494 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013).
A pastor was driving his personal vehicle when he struck and caused serious injuries to a man riding a motorcycle. The injured man and his wife sued the pastor for the man's bodily injuries, and sued the church and the governing evangelical association for vicarious liability for the pastor.
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