Roberts v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

This suit involves the validity of an insurance policy provision which excludes from coverage injuries to employees of the insured. The court upholds the validity of the provision under Tennessee law as it does not violate any strong Virginia public policy.

FINDINGS OF FACT

William Roberts (Roberts), a Tennessee resident, owns and operates a farm in Scott County, Virginia on which he raises tobacco. He employed Helen Salyers (Salyers), a Virginia resident, to grade tobacco in December of 1985. Salyers and her husband had previously been…