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COPP v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.

Record No. 090345.

692 S.E.2d 220 (2010)

Adam Charles COPP v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Friedman (Mark D. Loftis; Woods Rogers, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

Michael C. Richards (John L. Cooley; WootenHart, on brief), Roanoke, for appellee Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

No brief filed by appellee Gregory M. Jackson.

Present: KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and CARRICO and LACY, S.JJ.

OPINION BY Senior Justice HARRY L. CARRICO.

In this appeal in a declaratory judgment proceeding brought by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, the issue is whether the circuit court erred in holding that Nationwide owed no duty to defend Adam Charles Copp, one of its insureds, in a tort action brought against him by Gregory M. Jacobson. Finding that the circuit court did err in this respect, we will reverse its judgment.

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