Legal Opinion
United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Webb
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 10, 1988No. Record 860237PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.
We granted this appeal to determine whether a provision in a family automobile liability policy “to pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of . . . bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death resulting therefrom” required an insurance company to pay punitive damages, in addition to compensatory damages, awarded in an action for wrongful death brought- against an insured.
Sharon Lee Cooper was killed on May 5, 1984, when she was struck by an automobile owned by William J. McCarthy and driven by his son, John F.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Northwestern National Casualty Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin v. Edward A. McNulty and Walter Scott SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Lazenby Ex Rel. Lazenby v. Universal Underwriters InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Brown v. MaxeyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1985
- Crull v. GlebMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
- Lipscombe v. Security Insurance Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. WaltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
- CUNA Mutual Insurance Society v. NormanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
- America Online, Incorporated v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, America Online, Incorporated v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
- Andrews v. American Health & Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
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