ARCH INS. CO. v. FVCBANK

Record No. 211050.

881 S.E.2d 785 (2022)

ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY v. FVCBANK.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Moran , Glen Allen ( Richard T. Pledger , Richmond; Eric G. Korphage ; Wright, Constable & Skeen; Pike & Gilliss, on briefs), for appellant.

Monica T. Monday ( Edward W. Cameron ; Matthew H. Sorensen , Fairfax; Eric S. Waldman ; Gentry Locke ; Cameron/McEvoy, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: The Surety & Fidelity Association of America ( Marguerite Lee DeVoll ; Jennifer L. Kneeland ; Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, McLean, on brief), in support of appellant.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Bankers Association ( J.P. McGuire Boyd, Jr. ; Williams Mullen , Richmond, on brief), in support of appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


This appeal turns on the legal principle that when a company obtains a right through subrogation, that company is placed in the position of its subrogor and can have no greater rights than those of the subrogor. Arch Insurance Company ("Arch") appeals from the judgment of the Fairfax County Circuit Court striking...

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