REISEN v. AETNA LIFE AND CAS. CO.

Record No. 801367.

302 S.E.2d 529 (1983)

Philip O. REISEN v. AETNA LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis E. Ahearn, Alexandria (Hart, Nugent & Ahearn, P.C., Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Robert J. Arthur, Arlington (Arthur and Speed, Ltd., Arlington, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this automobile insurance case, the question is whether declaratory judgment lies to decide a coverage question when the ultimate issue of fact determining coverage is set for adjudication in a related, pending tort action.

During April of 1979, appellant Philip O. Reisen approached Jack W. Goins on a city street in Alexandria, claiming Goins owed him $33. Following an argument, Goins drove his truck into Reisen, who was then on the sidewalk...

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