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PEOPLES SEC. LIFE INS. CO. v. ARRINGTON

Record No. 910177.

412 S.E.2d 705 (1992)

PEOPLES SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Delores R. ARRINGTON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Delano, Jr., Richmond (Albert M. Orgain, IV, William Tyler Shands, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on briefs), for appellant.

Andrew W. Wood, Richmond (Kimberley A. Williamson, Wood and Wood, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

LACY, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether the common law doctrine that no person should be permitted to profit by his own wrong has been superseded by Title 55, Chapter 22, entitled "Acts Barring Property Rights," Code §§ 55-401 to -415. Acts 1981, ch. 469.

On March 13, 1988, Charles Arrington was stabbed and shot to death while he and his wife, Delores, were in their automobile. No one has been prosecuted for the murder of Mr. Arrington...

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