VEPCO v. NORTHBROOK PROPERTY & CAS. INS.

Record No. 951919.

475 S.E.2d 264 (1996)

252 Va. 265

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. NORTHBROOK PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassandra C. Collins, Richmond (Hunton & Williams, on briefs), for appellant.

Richard W. Schaffer, Richmond (Schaffer & Cabell, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, KEENAN and KOONTZ, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.


KOONTZ, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether, under a liability policy which excludes coverage for suits for bodily injury filed by "an employee" of the insured, an insurance company has an obligation to defend an insured where such a suit is brought by an individual who would be deemed a statutory employee of the insured under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.

The essential facts of the case are not in dispute. In October 1989, Commercial Courier...

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