AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY v. PRICE


146 S.E.2d 220 (1966)

206 Va. 749

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY v. Weldon A. PRICE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Duff, Arlington (Duff & Slenker, Arlington, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert L. Ellis, Arlington (Anthony J. Siciliano, John J. Daly, Paul F. Sheridan, Siciliano & Daly, Arlington, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.


CARRICO, Justice.

In this writ of error, we are called upon to decide, for the first time, the question of the liability of an insurance company for its refusal to settle a claim against its insured for an amount within the policy limits where a judgment in excess of such limits is thereafter secured against the insured.

The situation before us developed in the following manner:

Dr. Weldon A. Price, a pediatrician practicing in Arlington County, carried...

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