Legal Opinion

Deel v. Sweeney

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1989No. 18686PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WORKMAN, Justice:

This is an action to collect underinsured motorist insurance coverage benefits. Johnny Deel appeals to this Court from an Order of the Kanawha County Circuit Court granting Appellee Aetna Casualty & Surety Company’s (“Aetna”) Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Declaratory Judgment.

The question before this Court is whether the underinsured motorist coverage purchased by Junior Deel, Johnny Deel’s father, provided covérage to the appellant while he was driving his personally owned vehicle insured by another company. The circuit court found the underinsured motorist provisions of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Shamblin v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Prete v. Merchants Property Ins. Co. of Ind.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Bell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Bias v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Bell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Cox v. AmickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Findley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Payne v. WestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  4. State Automobile Mutual Insurance v. YoulerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Tennant v. SmallwoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2002

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