Legal Opinion

Otterman v. Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 5, 1972No. 61-72PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

This is a petition for declaratory judgment to determine whether or not the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Montpelier, is bound to appear and defend certain proceedings presently pending before the Orange County Court involving an action by Joseph Colombo against the Estate of Martin L. Kennelly, Jr.

Involved is the interpretation of a clause in a policy of insurance issued by the defendant insurance company to the late Martin L. Kennelly, Jr., as applied to a factual situation in which Joseph Colombo was shot and wounded by the late Kennelly, Jr. The lower court, after the hearing of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Anton v. Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1952
  2. Wendell v. Union Mutual Fire Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Vermont · 1963
  3. L'ECUYER v. State Highway BoardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1965
  4. Mott v. VintonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1971

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. City of Burlington v. National Union Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
  2. Northern Security Insurance v. PerronSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
  3. State v. Glens Falls InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1979
  4. Village of Morrisville Water & Light Department v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.District Court, D. Vermont · 1991
  5. State v. CNA Ins. CompaniesSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001

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