Thompson v. Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Ins.

By Judge Ford C. Quillen

This action for declaratory relief results from an accident which occurred on November 24, 1994, in Scott County, Virginia. The complainant, Linda Joyce Thompson, a Tennessee resident, filed a federal court complaint on November 5, 1996, against the defendant, Jerry Lynn Stallard, a Virginia resident. Stallard was insured by Virginia Farm Bureau with a policy limit of $25,000, and after being served, Virginia Farm Bureau failed to file an answer to the complaint. The complainant obtained a clerk’s default judgment against the defendant Stallard on January 14, 1997. On…