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GENERAL INS. OF ROANOKE, INC. v. PAGE

Record No. 950195.

464 S.E.2d 343 (1995)

GENERAL INSURANCE OF ROANOKE, INCORPORATED, et al. v. John E. PAGE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Cooley, Roanoke (Wooten & Hart, on briefs), for appellants.

Arthur P. Strickland, Roanoke, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether an insured's failure to read his insurance policy constitutes negligence as a matter of law.

John E. Page is the sole stockholder of Keep on Trucking Garage and Road Service, Inc. (the Company). In separate actions consolidated for trial, Page and the Company sued General Insurance of Roanoke, Inc. and its agent, E. Lin Baker, III (collectively, the agent), claiming that the agent was negligent...

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