Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or to pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies.
W. Va. Code § 33-1-1
Insurance
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 205 W. Va. 216 - Riffe v. Home Finders Associates, Inc. (1999)
Most recently applied in 235 W. Va. 197 - State Ex Rel. Safeguard Products International, LLC v. Thompson (March 2015)
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