Allstate Insurance v. Nationwide Insurance

PARKER, Judge.

All parties contend, and we agree, that the question of whether plaintiff complied with the contractual requirements for cancellation notice was one of law for the court to decide and should not have been submitted to the jury. See Riddick v. State Capital Ins. Co., 271 F. 2d 641 (4th Cir. 1959). All parties made motions for directed verdict and all were denied. Defendants assign as error the denial of their motions for directed verdict.

The relevant cancellation provision in the insurance policy reads as follows:

2. We may cancel the Liability and Uninsured Motorists Coverages by…