STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. PORTER

Record No. 790053.

272 S.E.2d 196 (1980)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. George Lee PORTER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Gray, Chesapeake (Outland, Gray, O'Keefe & Hubbard, Chesapeake, on brief), for appellant.

George Minor, Jr., Portsmouth, for appellee.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

On May 24, 1976, George Lee Porter obtained a judgment by default in the amount of $5,000 against William H. Edwards for personal injuries and damages sustained when Porter was struck by an automobile operated by Edwards on November 3, 1974. The automobile, a 1968 Ford owned by Edwards' wife, was covered by a liability insurance policy issued to her by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. State Farm, which was not notified of the accident...

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