GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS. CO. v. HALL

Record No. 992820.

533 S.E.2d 615 (2000)

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY v. Bertha HALL, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Palmer, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Rashkind (Furniss, Davis, Rashkind & Saunders, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

Thomas B. Shuttleworth (Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Giordano & Swain), Virginia Beach, on brief for appellees Bertha Hall and Angela Hicks, Co-administrators of the Estate of Patricia Palmer, deceased.

No brief or argument for appellee Alicia Danetta Palmer.

Present: All the Justices.


KOONTZ, Justice.

The issue we decide in this case is whether an insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy effectively waived the maximum uninsured motorist insurance coverage mandated by Code § 38.2-2206(A) for that policy when she submitted an uninsured motorist waiver form more than 20 days after receiving it from her insurer.

BACKGROUND

Evelyn Perry Palmer (Palmer) purchased the automobile liability insurance policy under consideration...

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