The Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled against a local attorney who was suing his former law firm's insurance carrier claiming liability on the firm's part because he was thinking about work on the way to the office.

H. Christopher Bartolomucci, a former partner at Hogan Lovells, was involved in a traffic accident on his way to work, resulting in a lawsuit filed by the injured driver of the other car who sued Bartolomucci for $1 million. With Bartolomucci's own liability coverage capped at $100,000, he sought to establish that his vehicle was covered by the firm's insurance policy since he was thinking about work-related issues in the car while on the way to the office.

Despite his argument that he sometimes works from home and thus was traveling between work locations, Bartolomucci failed to persuade the court that he was working and the court overturned a jury finding.

—Source: Wall Street Journal