STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. v. GEICO INDEM. CO.

Record No. 900841.

402 S.E.2d 21 (1991)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. GEICO INDEMNITY CO., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Crandley (Preston, Wilson & Crandley, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

Donnell P. Davis (Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders, Norfolk, on brief), for appellees Geico Indem. Co. and Shawn Patrick Payton.

No brief or argument for appellee Charles B. Wallace.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether a driver may be deemed to have the implied consent of the named insured to use a vehicle under emergency circumstances.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) issued an automobile liability policy to Edwin H. Jones, Jr. on a vehicle owned by Susan Jones, his wife. The Joneses' daughter, Jenny, was given general permission to drive the vehicle but her parents expressly prohibited her from...

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