Insurance company Aviva have gone to Scotland’s highest civil court in a bid to recover the sum from the Rangers legend.
should pay a £244,000 claim brought by an insurance company over his son’s dangerous driving, a judge has heard.asked judge Lord Menzies to dismiss claim brought against him by Aviva during a hearing at the Court of Session on Thursday.RangersThe insurers believe that Ally,60, failed to stop his uninsured son Argyll,24, from driving an Audi which struck Stephan Murdoch in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, in December 2016.
Mr Murdoch obtained a legal order which forced Aviva to pay out £200,000 to Mr Murdoch. The firm was also liable for £44,000 expenses. Lawyers for the firm also believe that Ally didn’t do enough to ensure his son couldn’t take charge of the vehicle.He says that he took every measure he could to ensure that his son couldn’t drive the car.On Thursday, Mr Cowan said Ally told his son that he was not allowed to use the car and if that was established that was"determinative" of the case.
He said:"It was never suggested to him that he ought to have realised his son may ignore his instructions to drive the car."
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