SMITH v. COLONIAL INS. CO. OF CALIFORNIA

Record No. 982070.

515 S.E.2d 775 (1999)

258 Va. 30

Shunda N. SMITH, et al. v. COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Ritchie, Jr. (Roger Ritchie & Partners, on briefs), Harrisonburg, for appellants.

Janeen B. Koch (Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

This is a motor vehicle insurance case in which the insured made material misrepresentations when applying for insurance. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly decided that the parol evidence rule did not apply to testimony about questions asked of the insured and the insured's verbal answers to those questions during the application process.

In March 1993, appellant Catherine...

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