Legal Opinion
Bryant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 8, 1965No. Record 5879PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The question for decision in this case is whether the appellant, Bernard H. Bryant, Jr., an insured under two separate bodily injury liability insurance policies issued by the appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, may recover on both policies pursuant to the uninsured motorist statute, § 38.1-381 of the Code, 1964 Cum. Supp.
On April 20, 1959, Bryant, Jr., was driving on a highway in Amherst county a 1958 Ford truck owned by his father, Bryant, Sr., when he was struck and injured by an uninsured motor vehicle being driven by Whithorn. He brought suit in Amherst county…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Storm v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
- John Doe v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. DuncanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- The Travelers Indemnity Company of Hartford, Connecticut v. Mildred Yancey Wells, of the Estate of Willie Wells, Deceased, and Mildred Yancey WellsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Drewry v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
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3Cited by127 opinions
- Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. BlumlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1966
- Sturdy v. Allied Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
- Pickering v. American Employers InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
- Bradley v. Mid-Century InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
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