A policy covering the defendant’s airplane was void ab initio based on his false statements about the status and location of the plane. He’d sought last-minute coverage for his already-dilapidated plane as Hurricane Matthew approached, then filed a claim for ...

Tagged with: Insurance Shenandoah County Circuit Court

Under Virginia law, “smoke” composed of suspended particulate matter caused by concrete dust qualified for an exception to the “pollution exclusion” in the insured company’s policy. Background In this insurance coverage dispute, Plaintiff Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A policy covering the defendant’s airplane was void ab initio based on his false statements about the status and location of the plane. He’d sought last-minute coverage for his already-dilapidated plane as Hurricane Matthew approached, then filed a claim for ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Clark Andrew Ritchie Shenandoah County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Under Virginia law, “smoke” composed of suspended particulate matter caused by concrete dust qualified for an exception to the “pollution exclusion” in the insured company’s policy. Background In this insurance coverage dispute, Plaintiff Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The plaintiff in this case was negligently shot by a friend who was playing with a handgun. The victim was airlifted to INOVA Fairfax Hospital. The shooter pled guilty to the reckless handling of a firearm in violation of Virginia ...

Tagged with: Insurance U.S. District Court - Eastern District Verdict

The district court erred in finding that three police officers, fired in retaliation for their joint action, represented a single claim for municipal insurance purposes. Thus, the per-claim policy limit applied to each officer individually, rather than the trio as ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Constitutional Employment Employment Discrimination Insurance Judge James A. Wynn Jr.

A workers’ compensation carrier has no lien for a negotiated lump-sum settlement of a claimant›s future benefits in a tort action against a third party. Under Noblin v. Randolf Corp., 180 Va. 345 (1942), and Slusher v. Paramount Warrior, 336 F. Supp. ...

Tagged with: Buckingham County Circuit Court Insurance Judge Donald Carl Blessing Personal Injury Virginia Circuit Courts Workers' Compensation

Genuine disputes of material fact precluded summary judgment as to whether an insurance company improperly denied coverage for property damage after vandals cut a water line in a hotel undergoing renovations. The insurer claimed that the hotel owners had misrepresented ...

Tagged with: Contract Insurance Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

This litigation arises out of the tragic death of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia student who died in 2010. Another student, George Huguely, was convicted of her murder. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus is pending. Yeardley’s mother, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Insurance Per Curiam Opinion

A life insurance company was under no fiduciary duty to solicit required additional materials from the insured party in order to approve his coverage level, even though his employer had been deducting premium payments for the unapproved amount. Background Steven ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Business Law Employment Insurance Judge James A. Wynn Jr.