Christopher v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

By JUDGE A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON

Enclosed is a copy of the judgment order entered today in favor of the defendant.

The novel issue presented is whether the plaintiff is covered by the Medical Payments provisions of a Family Automobile Policy issued by the defendant as the result of medical expenses incurred when he tripped over an exposed gas main, while exiting an apartment in Charlottesville, and stumbled down an embankment striking his head on an unoccupied automobile of unknown ownership. Although the Stipulation does not so state, a reasonable inference from the agreed facts is that the…