Legal Opinion
American Reliance Insurance v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 10, 1989No. Record 881073PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice^ Compton
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this insurance case, we determine on stipulated facts if either of two exclusions in a farmers comprehensive personal liability policy bars coverage for a plaintiff's injuries.
In September 1983, appellee Robert Lee Mitchell, III, a plaintiff below, was injured in a fall from a truck being operated on a public highway in Patrick County. On the day of the accident, the plaintiff, age 14, had been assisting in “getting up” hay on the farm of Winifred Owens.
Prior to the day in question, neighboring farmers Owens, Berkley Mitchell (the…
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