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

Record No. 930938.

444 S.E.2d 720 (1994)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Dorothea CUFFEE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Morris, III, Richmond (James W. Walker, Morris & Morris, on briefs), for appellant.

O.L. Gilbert, Norfolk (Rabinowitz, Rafal, Swartz, Taliaferro & Gilbert, on brief), for appellee Dorothea Cuffee.

F. Sullivan Callahan, Norfolk (Moss and Callahan, on brief), for appellee Etta Sivels.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

We must decide in this appeal the extent to which an uninsured motorist carrier is entitled to defend its interests in a personal injury case when the uninsured motorist admits liability. Because we think the trial court improperly limited the carrier's ability to defend, we will reverse.

The controversy stems from an automobile accident that occurred in the City of Chesapeake on September 26, 1990. On that date, Dorothea Cuffee was...

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