Case Name: Stephen D. Olson v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Court: Hampton Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1998-01-30
Citations: 44 Va. Cir. 379
Docket Number: Case No. (Law) 35042
Parties: Stephen D. Olson v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Circuit Court Opinions
Volume: 44
Pages: 379–379

Head Matter:
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON
Stephen D. Olson v. Allstate Insurance Co.
January 30, 1998
Case No. (Law) 35042

Opinion:
By Judge Christopher W. Hutton
Following the hearing last month on the defendant's demurrer, I have reviewed the pleadings and read the subsequent briefs and the case law submitted.
I concur with the opinion of Judge F. Ward Harkrader, Jr., in Copenhaver v. Davis, 29 Va. Cir. 121 (1992), and I rule that the demurrer in this case should be overruled. I do believe that the General Assembly created the potential remedy which the plaintiff seeks here in their passage of Virginia Code § 8.01-66.1(D)(1). I also note the additional two cases cited from another judge of this Circuit in bench rulings which resulted in the same conclusion.