Legal Opinion
Hobbs v. Buckeye Union Casualty Company
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 22, 1962No. Civ. A. 930PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This dispute originates with an automobile accident. Much of the difficulty surrounding it emanates from the legal relationships created by Virginia's relatively new Uninsured Motorist Law. (Va.Code Ann. § 38.1-381.) The facts of the case are as follows:
On April 19, 1961, the plaintiff, Gay-lord Hobbs, was a paying passenger in a car owned and operated by one Carl McCroskey when it collided in Washington County, Virginia, with another car driven by an unknown motorist, hereinafter designated John Doe. Hobbs suffered extensive injuries and instituted suit in the Circuit…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Horne v. Superior Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. DuncanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- American Employers' Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation v. Maryland Casualty Company, a Maryland CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. DrewryDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1961
3Cited by15 opinions
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- Green v. BensonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
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