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

Record Nos. 950227, 950455, 950791, 951049.

469 S.E.2d 61 (1996)

251 Va. 390

Freddie B. LEXIE, Jr., et al. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Freddie B. LEXIE, Jr., Executor, etc. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Brian M. SKATES v. COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA. Arnita M. GOODE v. COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

From the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria, Donald H. Kent, Judge.

From the Circuit Court of Appomattox County, John R. Snoddy, Jr., Judge.

Patrick G. Merkle, Ashburn, for appellants in Nos. 950227 and 950455.

Gary B. Mims (Brault, Palmer, Grove, Zimmerman, White & Mims, on brief), Fairfax, for appellee in No. 950227.

George B. Breen (Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, on brief), Arlington, for appellee in No. 950455.

Herbert E. Maxey, Jr., Buckingham, for appellant in No. 950791.

Stanley P. Wellman (Elizabeth E.S. Skilling; Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, on brief), Richmond, for appellee in Nos. 950791 and 951049.

James B. Feinman (James B. Feinman & Associates, on brief), Lynchburg, for appellant.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

These four consolidated appeals arise from two so-called "drive-by shootings" involving the operation of motor vehicles. One incident occurred in the District of Columbia and the other in the Commonwealth in Prince Edward County.

Each case presents a question of motor vehicle insurance coverage. The dispositive issue in each is whether an intentional shooting by a person occupying an uninsured vehicle constitutes "use" of the vehicle for...

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