Legal Opinion
Granite State Insurance v. Bottoms
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 28, 1992No. Record 910962PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
In this insurance case, the dispositive issue is whether the trial court correctly ruled that an exclusion in a policy issued to the owner of business property did not bar coverage for a claimant’s injuries.
In February 1986, appellant Granite State Insurance Company, a member of appellant New Hampshire Insurance Group (collectively, the insurer), issued a “Property Owners Policy” to the Trustees of Zion Baptist Church. The church and Baptist Progress Union, Inc. (collectively, the insured), operate Zion Baptist Home for the Elderly, a Newport News home for adults licensed by the…
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- American Reliance Insurance v. MitchellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. WengerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1981
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