Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Porter
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 26, 1980No. Record 790053PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On May 24, 1976, George Lee Porter obtained a judgment by default in the amount of $5,000 against William H. Edwards for personal injuries and damages sustained when Porter was struck by an automobile operated by Edwards on November 3, 1974. The automobile, a 1968 Ford owned by Edwards’s wife, was covered by a liability insurance policy issued to her by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance .Company. State Farm, which was not notified of the accident or of Porter’s claim until June, 1975, declined to defend the personal injury action or pay the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. ArghyrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. DouglasSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- North River Insurance v. GourdineSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
- Shipp v. Connecticut Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1952
- Harmon v. Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. WaltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
- Peavey Co. v. M/V ANPACourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Ouellette v. Maine Bonding & Casualty Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
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