Jury Can Decide Timely Notice of Claim 
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Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: Insurance, Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr., Supreme Court of Virginia
In a woman’s suit to recover for personal injuries from a pit bull attack in 2002, the Supreme Court of Virginia says that because of “extenuating circumstances” involving delay in discovering who owned the dogs and the existence of an insurance policy, the trial court erred in finding the notice untimely and the case must ...
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