Legal Opinion
Orkney v. Hanover Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 30, 1999No. SC 15942PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the contracts of insurance at issue relieved the defendant automobile liability insurer of the obligation to provide underinsured motorist benefits to the *197plaintiff.1 We conclude that they did and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts and procedural history are undisputed. On August 19, 1994, the plaintiff, Ethel Orkney, was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was owned and operated by Norman Nicholson. The Nicholson vehicle was involved in an accident with an automobile driven by Sachito Sekiguchi. The…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Maffucci v. Royal Park Ltd. PartnershipSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Haynes v. Yale-New Haven HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Texaco Refining & Marketing Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue ServicesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Streitweiser v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Covenant Insurance v. CoonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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3Cited by36 opinions
- QSP, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. MarchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Boynton v. City of New HavenConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Gohel v. Allstate InsuranceConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Farrish-LeDucSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
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