Legal Opinion
Melton v. Discover Property & Casualty Insurance
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 14, 2011No. Civil Action 7:10cv00302PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SAMUEL G. WILSON, District Judge.
This is a diversity action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 by plaintiff, James Garner Melton, Jr. (“Melton”), seeking a declaratory judgment that defendant, Discover Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Discover”), provides him underinsured motorist (“UIM”) coverage for injuries he sustained while operating a tractor-trailer belonging to his employer Fleet-master Express, Inc. (“Fleetmaster”). 1 Discover issued Fleetmaster a motor vehicle policy (the “Policy”) with $1,000,000 liability limits and notified Fleetmaster that its uninsured…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nancy D. White v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Sempione v. Provident Bank of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Arnold v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1994
- MacDougall v. Hartford Ins. GroupVirginia Circuit Court · 2003
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