Legal Opinion
Dudley v. Estate Life Insurance Co. of America
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 30, 1979No. Record 771792PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this civil appeal, we examine a principal’s liability to third persons for fraudulent conduct of an agent.
Appellants Philip Thomas Dudley and Richard W. Walters filed separate actions at law in the court below seeking recovery in damages from appellee Estate Life Insurance Company of America and from George W. Blood. In identical amended motions for judgment, the respective plaintiffs alleged they were damaged by certain fraudulent, malicious and wanton acts of defendant Blood who was acting in the Roanoke area as a representative and agent of defendant Estate Life. Specifically,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. HedrickSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
- Harlow v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- Billups Petroleum Co. v. Hardin's Bakeries Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1953
- Anna Bowman and Doris Bowman v. The Home Life Insurance Company of America, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Lucas v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1968
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