Legal Opinion

Dotts v. Taressa J.A.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 23, 1990No. 19124PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Justice:

The Circuit Court of Marion County, by summary judgment, decided that Buckeye Union Insurance Company (Buckeye) was required to provide coverage, under a liability policy it had issued to the Fairmont Marion County Transit Authority (Transit Authority), to Joseph Dotts, an employee of the Transit Authority, for damages resulting from his sexual assault of a passenger. There is no dispute that Mr. Dotts committed the sexual offense against the infant plaintiff while she was a passenger on the bus he was driving. 1

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2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Terrio v. McDONOUGH HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  3. Horace Mann Insurance v. LeeberWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. RobertsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
  5. Vermont Mutual Insurance v. MalcolmSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. West Virginia Fire & Casualty Co. v. StanleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State Ex Rel. Riffle v. RansonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Farmers & Mechanics Mutual Insurance Co. of West Virginia v. CookWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Phillips v. Larry's Drive-In Pharmacy, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Trent v. CookWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996

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