VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. v. GILE

Record No. 990247.

524 S.E.2d 642 (2000)

VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Charmayne GILE, an infant, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Givens, Jr. (Gillespie, Hart, Altizer & Whitesell, on briefs), Tazewell, for appellant.

(Albert M. Orgain, IV; Henry C. Spalding, II; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, on brief), for appellee Norman Russell Carter, Jr.

Terrence Shea Cook (Bolling, Hearl & Cook, on brief), Richlands, for appellees Charmayne Gile, an infant, Tina Gile, a/k/a Tyna Beavers and Teena Louise Beavers, and Danny D. Beavers, Jr.

No brief or argument on behalf of Allstate Insurance Company.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in concluding that a child who lives with her mother and her mother's male companion is the "foster child" of that companion and, thus, is an "insured" person as those terms are defined in his motor vehicle liability insurance policy,

The facts in the case are undisputed. In August 1996, 16-year-old Charmayne Gile was injured in an automobile...

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