NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. SHELTON

Record No. 810116.

302 S.E.2d 36 (1983)

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Markley Louis SHELTON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Jennings, Jr., Roanoke (Michael A. Cleary, Woods, Rogers, Muse, Walker & Thornton, Roanoke, on briefs), for appellant.

George O. Burpeau, Roanoke (James W. Haskins, Jackson L. Kiser, Young, Kiser, Haskins, Mann, Gregory & Young, Martinsville, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


POFF, Justice.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether, as the trial court ruled, the medical payments coverages of an automobile liability policy insuring several vehicles may be "stacked" when a person injured while riding as a passenger in one of those vehicles is neither the named insured nor his relative.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company issued its standard policy to David Bonner Worthy insuring four of his automobiles. Markley Louis Shelton, a stranger...

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