delivered the opinion of the court.
The question, presented on this appeal is whether the medical payments provision of a singlе insurance policy covering three vehicles on which separate premiums were pаid required payment of the maximum limits on each automobile for injuries received by the named insured in оne accident.
The trial court held that our decision in
Surety Corporation
v.
Elder,
On January 2, 1969, the company issued its automobile liability insurance policy to plaintiff covering a 1963 Ford, a 1958 Chevrolet, and a 1957 Volkswagen, effective tо July 15, 1969. The policy provided medical payments coverage for each of Wolfe’s vehiсles, for which coverage he paid a separate premium for each automobile. On February 8, 1969, plaintiff was injured in an accident while driving the Volkswagen. He incurred medical expenses in excess of $3,000. The policy contained the following pertinent provisions:
On the “declarations” page the limit of liability and the premium paid are separately stated for the various coverages on each of the three automobiles, which included medical payments in the amount оf $1,000.
“Part II—Expenses for Medical Services”
“Coverage C—Medical Payments: To pay all reasonable expenses incurred * * * from the dаte of accident for necessary medical * * * services:
“Division 1. To or for the named insured * * * who sustains bodily injury * * * caused by the accident,
(a) while occupying the owned automobile,
(b) while occupying a non-owned automobile * * or
(c) through being struck by an automobile * * *.
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“Limit of Liability: The limit of liability for medical payments stated in the declaration as applicable to ‘each person’ is the limit of the company’s liability for all expenses incurred by or on behalf of each person who sustains bodily injury as the result of any one accident.”
Under the section entitled “Conditions” the following provision appеars:
“4. Two or more Automobiles—Parts I, II, and III: When two or more automobiles are insured hereunder, the tеrms of this policy shall apply separately to each * *
*164 In Elder the wife of the policyholder wаs injured while a passenger in a vehicle owned and operated by another. The policy сovered two vehicles and provided for medical payments of $1,000 for each person injured while occupying or through being struck by an automobile, with separate premiums allotted to each car. (The limitation of liability clause, and the two or more automobiles clause, commonly referred to as the separability clause, are identical in language to the policy in the present case.) After noting that the courts were not in accord as to the construction to be given such provisions, we said, speaking through Mr. Justice Snead, now Chief Justice, that the policy was аmbiguous in its terms and susceptible of two conflicting constructions, and, under the familiar rule, an insurance рolicy must be construed strictly against the insurer and liberally in favor of the insured. In affirming the trial court, we held thаt since the policy provided medical payments coverage “while occupying * * * an аutomobile,” the sum of $1,000 was available under the policy for each car and that the wife was entitled to recover up to $2,000 for medical expenses.
The company, by counsel, argues thаt the insuring clause of the policy in the present case has been amended since
Elder
and that сase is not controlling here. It is true that the terminology of the insuring clause in the present case differs slightly from that in the
Elder
case, but this difference does not significantly affect the broad coverage afforded. The limitation of liability and the separability clauses in the policy in the present case are identical with those in
Elder,
where We held that because the two clauses were susceptible of conflicting constructions Elder was entitled to recover up to the maximum limits on the two automobiles. Thus, when the medical payments section, Part II of the present policy, is considered and analyzed in conjunction with the separability clause, Wolfe was entitled to recover up to thе policy limits on each of his three cars. See dictum in
Greer
v.
Associated Indemnity Corp.,
We are of opinion that the trial court correctly held that the present case is controlled by Elder.
For the reasons stated, the judgment is
Affirmed.