Legal Opinion
Reliance Insurance Companies v. Annie A. Darden & Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 1977No. Record No. 760391PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, C.J.
Plaintiff, Annie A. Darden, filed this declaratory judgment suit in the court below to determine which of two insurers, Reliance Insurance Companies (Reliance) or Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (Pennsylvania National) was liable for payment of a judgment previously obtained by her in the amount of $17,500. The trial court decreed that the “Out-of-State Insurance Endorsement” on Reliance’s policy was ambiguous and under familiar principles of *695construction that company was liable for the entire amount of the judgment, less a credit of $4,350 it had already paid…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Farm Bureau Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. HammerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. ArghyrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Stillwell v. Iowa National Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
3Cited by4 opinions
- Grimes v. Government Employees InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Bray v. Insurance Co. of State of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1989
- Berry v. Hartford Casualty Co.Richmond County Circuit Court · 1977
- Hovington v. LaraNorfolk County Circuit Court · 1997