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· 4/25/1986

Atlas Underwriters, Ltd. v. Meredith-Burda, Inc.

Citations

  • 343 S.E.2d 65
  • 231 Va. 255
  • 60 A.L.R. 4th 977
  • 1986 Va. LEXIS 187

How courts have described this case

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  • writing that even though certain terms are not defined in the policy, “we hold that in the context of this insurance contract these crucial words are clear and unambiguous”
  • $250 deductible applied to each claim made by each owner of a cars damaged by Insured in a single instance
  • “ ‘Claim’ contemplates the assertion of a legal right by a third person for damages caused by conduct of the named insured[;][i]t means a demand by one to whom a right has accrued for payment of a loss suffered due to acts of the insured that are covered by the policy.”

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Judges: Compton

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