Legal Opinion

Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Jerrell

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 18, 1988No. Record No. 860149; Record No. 860840; Record No. 870049PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, C.J.

*263Each of these appeals involves the medical payments provision of an automobile liability insurance policy. In each instance, the insured was injured when the motor vehicle he was occupying1 collided with another motor vehicle. The pertinent policy provision purports to limit coverage to injuries sustained by an insured “while not occupying a motor vehicle, through being struck by an automobile.”2 A statutory provision extends coverage to injuries sustained by an insured “through being struck by a motor vehicle,” without any qualifying language concerning the nonoccupancy of a motor vehicle.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Central Surety & Insurance Corporation v. ElderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
  2. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. SeaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
  3. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. YaconielloSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  4. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. ManojlovicSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hill v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
  2. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. GandySupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. MajorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
  4. US Airways, Inc. v. Commonwealth Ins.Arlington County Circuit Court · 2004
  5. Baker v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991

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