Bryant v. Selective Insurance Co. of Southeast

By Judge Edward L. Hogshire

Plaintiff Thelma Bryant, as mother and next friend of Kaitlyn Harlow, a minor (“Plaintiff”), filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast (“Selective”). Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that the language of the policy covering Plaintiff and Bryant allows for intra-policy “stacking” sufficient to provide up to $300,000 in underinsured motorist coverage. Both parties have filed Motions for Summary Judgment supported by memoranda of law, and the Court heard argument by counsel on December 6, 2010. For the reasons…