Legal Opinion
Government Employees Insurance v. Universal Underwriters Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 26, 1986No. Record 840058PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
We granted this appeal to determine which of two automobile insurance companies had primary uninsured motorist (UM) coverage of a bodily-injury loss allegedly resulting from the negligence of an unknown motorist. The central question, one of first impression in this Court, requires an analysis of an “other insurance” escape clause in a garage liability policy and an “excess insurance” escape clause in a second policy extending UM coverage to the permissive driver of the garage keeper’s automobile.
Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (Universal) filed an action asking the trial court to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins. Co. v. ClamorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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