Maxey v. John Doe & Government Employees Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “a party is estopped to assert an inconsistent position to the prejudice of another who has been led to rely on his initial position.”
• § 38.2-2226 does not apply to the provisions of the uninsured motorist statute or policy endorsement; waiver occurs only where the rights of a claimant who is a stranger to the insurance contract may be prejudiced
• “[T]he insurer was under no duty to inform the insured that, should their dealings and negotiations fail to resolve the claim, it would rely on the insured’s failure to file the SR-300 report as required by statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).