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

Record No. 901235.

405 S.E.2d 624 (1991)

William R. BAKER v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Guthrie Gordon, III (Janice L. Redinger; Gordon & Wyatt, on brief), Charlottesville, for appellant.

John W. Zunka (Jane P. Long; Taylor & Zunka, on brief), Charlottesville, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


WHITING, Justice.

In this automobile insurance case, we decide whether an insurer may enforce an exclusion from coverage absent specific authorization for such an exclusion in a statute that required the insurer to offer such coverage.

On April 17, 1987, while driving a bus in the course of his employment, William R. Baker "pulled" the muscles in his back "when the steering on the bus locked up." At the time of his injury, Baker was a named insured under a...

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