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

Record No. 861001.

375 S.E.2d 727 (1989)

Keith A. HILL, a Minor, et al. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Miller (Miller, Miller & Kearney, on briefs), Arlington, for appellants.

George C. Towner, Jr. (Simmonds, Coleburn & Towner, on brief), Arlington, for appellee.

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


RUSSELL, Justice.

In this appeal from a declaratory judgment, we must determine whether a "moped" is a "motor vehicle" within the terms of the uninsured motorist coverage in an automobile liability insurance policy.

The facts were stipulated in the trial court. On July 19, 1984, Keith A. Hill, a minor, was a passenger riding on a moped1 which was owned and operated by Matthew Warren Fletcher, who was twelve years old. The moped...

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