Florestal v. Government Employees Insurance

The principal issue raised by these consolidated appeals is whether we should overrule our decision in American Motorists Ins. Co. v. Gould, 213 Conn. 625, 569 A.2d 1105 (1990), overruled in part on other grounds, Covenant Ins. Co. v. Coon, 220 Conn. 30, 37, 594 A.2d 977 (1991), wherein we concluded that a tortfeasor is not underinsured within the meaning of General Statutes (Rev. to 1989) § 38-175c (b) (2), now recodified as § 38a-336 (e),1 unless the aggregate limits of the tortfeasor’s liability insurance coverage applicable at the time of the accident are less than the underinsured…