It is not against the public policy of the Commonwealth for any person to purchase insurance providing coverage for punitive damages arising out of the death or injury of any person as the result of negligence, including willful and wanton negligence, but excluding intentional acts. This section declares existing policy.
Va. Code Ann. § 38.2-227
Public policy regarding punitive damages
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Fairfield Insurance Co. v. Stephens Martin Paving, LP (2008)
Most recently applied in Fairfield Insurance Co. v. Stephens Martin Paving, LP (February 2008)
1983, c. 353, § 38.1-42.2; 1986, c. 562.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.