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LERNER v. GENERAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA

Record No. 770237.

245 S.E.2d 249 (1978)

Theodore N. LERNER et al., partners, doing business as Tysons Corner Regional Shopping Center v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, trading as Safeco Insurance.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Donnelly, III, Fairfax (Gerald R. Walsh; McCandlish, Lillard, Bauknight, Church & Best, Fairfax, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Adelard L. Brault, Fairfax (Brault, Lewis, Geschickter & Palmer, Fairfax, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

HARMAN, Justice.

This case presents the question of an insurance company's responsibility to reimburse its insured for reasonable attorney fees and other costs expended by the insured in successfully defending a claim for punitive damages.

The case was heard and decided by the trial court upon stipulations of fact and agreed exhibits. Theodore N. Lerner, et al., partners, trading as Tysons Corner Regional Shopping Center (Tysons), are the owners and operators...

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