201 W. Va. 643 - Spangler v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 188 W. Va. 197 - Lieving v. Hadley · 177 W. Va. 734 - National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc. · 195 W. Va. 608 - Cox v. Amick · 153 W. Va. 813 - Keffer v. Prudential Insurance Company of America · 176 W. Va. 430 - Soliva v. Shand, Morahan & Co., Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The relatives lived in a house owned by the insured. However, the relatives paid the mortgage, taxes and utilities on the house. Furthermore, the house was separate from the property on which the insured lived, and the insured visited his relatives only once or twice a month. On these facts, we concluded that the word”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The great weight of authority seems to be to the effect that a household means those living together under one roof, under one head, and under the common control of one person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“liability policies providing coverage for members of an insured's `household' generally include persons who live under the same roof, but not those who live in separate houses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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