Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pitrolo
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided March 13, 1986No. 16697PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice:
The principal issue in this appeal involves the amount of attorney’s fees that should be awarded to an insured’s attorney who represented the insured after the insurer denied coverage.
The case below was a declaratory judgment action filed in the Circuit Court of Marion County by the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company against Paul Pitrolo, Mary Pitrolo, and Pitrolo Pontiac-Cadillac Company, which is owned and operated by Mr. Pitrolo. The purpose of the declaratory judgment action was to determine Aet-na’s obligations to defend Mr. Pitrolo in three separate civil suits filed…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1966
- International Paper Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance BoardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Kremers-Urban Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by211 opinions
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