Legal Opinion
Bray v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1990No. Nos. 89-2383, 89-2389PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:
Joseph C. Bray appeals from a judgment denying him underinsured motorist coverage on a semi-trailer he was hauling when he was injured in an accident. We reverse because Virginia law entitles Bray to underinsurance coverage, although the policy issued to the owner of the semi-trailer did not on its face purport to afford this coverage.
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Bray, a resident of Virginia, was driving a tractor-trailer in Seaford, Delaware, when he was involved in an accident with a car that had run a stop sign. Bray owned the tractor and had leased it to U.S. Lines Trucking. The tractor…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Nancy D. White v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Insurance Co. of North America v. PerrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
- American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Joseph C. Bray v. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Joseph C. Bray v. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Arnold v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1994
- Santens v. Progressive Gulf InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2014
- Frank E. Arnold v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Frank E. Arnold, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994