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SELECTED RISKS INS. CO. v. DEAN

Record No. 840244.

355 S.E.2d 579 (1987)

SELECTED RISKS INSURANCE COMPANY v. William Monroe DEAN, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Massie, Jr. (Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

James B. Thorsen (Robert P. Geary, Geary & Davenport, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

In Virginia, the settled rule is that "a judgment of conviction or acquittal in a criminal prosecution does not establish in a subsequent civil action the truth of the facts on which it was rendered" and "such judgment of conviction or acquittal is not admissible in evidence" in the civil case. Smith v. New Dixie Lines, 201 Va. 466, 472, 111 S.E.2d 434, 438 (1959) (citations...

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