Legal Opinion

Mutafis v. Erie Ins. Exchange

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1985No. CC943PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

328 S.E.2d 675 (1985)

Betty J. MUTAFIS

v.

ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, etc., and Erie Insurance Company, etc.

No. CC943.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 28, 1985.

David J. Romano and James N. Riley, Young, Morgan, Cann & Romano, Clarksburg, for appellee.

James R. Watson, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, for defendant.

NEELY, Chief Justice:

During the summer of 1979 there were numerous thefts and arsons of cars in and around Clarksburg. On 27 May 1979, Betty J. Mutafis reported to her insurer, Erie Insurance Exchange, that her car had been stolen. Richard Kimble, an adjuster for Erie,…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. First Nat. Bank of Boston v. BellottiSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. Barefield v. DPIC Companies, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Taylor v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Barefield v. DPIC Companies, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2004

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