Legal Opinion
The Travelers Indemnity Company of Hartford, Connecticut v. Mildred Yancey Wells, of the Estate of Willie Wells, Deceased, and Mildred Yancey Wells
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1963No. 8818PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
The Uninsured Motorist Law of Virginia 1 requires all automobile liability policies written in the State to contain an endorsement indemnifying, within prescribed limits 2 , the insured for injury, including death, tortiously caused by an uninsured motor vehicle. The question now is whether under this Law a guest injured in an accident by an uninsured driver may also recover upon his own uninsured policy if his claim cannot be satisfied in full by his host’s uninsured insurance. The District Court concluded there may be such a recovery. On this premise it has…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- John Doe v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- Horne v. Superior Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- Creteau v. Phoenix Assurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. DuncanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1962
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1966
- Bryant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Putnam v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Moore v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company GroupSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Meridian Mutual Insurance Company v. SiddonsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
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