Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. Doe
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 11, 1993No. Record 921159PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
This is an uninsured motorist case involving a conflict of laws issue, and we must decide whether our law or West Virginia law controls.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) issued an automobile liability policy in Virginia to David B. Buchanan, a resident of Clifton Forge. The policy contained the following uninsured motorist (UM) provision mandated by former Code § 38.1-381, the predecessor of Code § 38.2-2206 (the Virginia UM statute):
The company will pay in accordance with Section 38.1-381 of the Code of Virginia and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary…
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