Legal Opinion

Thompson v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1940No. 9057PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Riley, President:

State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company prosecutes error to a judgment of $10,000.00 in favor of Ralph Thompson, rendered by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, under a suggestion based upon a $14,000.00 judgment of that court in a case in which Thompson was plaintiff and Harmon A. Smith was defendant.

The judgment against Smith is based upon personal injuries claimed to have been received by plaintiff when struck by a truck owned by the former. Execution wag issued on this judgment, and plaintiff suggested the insurance company as being indebted to the insured, Smith,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bond v. National Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Shinn v. West Virginia InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Cook v. Citizens Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Bowling v. Continental InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Watson v. Firemen's InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1928

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Soliva v. Shand, Morahan & Co., Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Country Mutual Insurance v. MurrayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
  4. Hensley v. Erie Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Farley v. American Automobile InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952

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