DeMarco v. Travelers Insurance Co.

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

What are the responsibilities of an insurance company when a single motor vehicle collision results in multiple claims being asserted against the insureds, which claims in the aggregate exceed the policy limits? That, in essence, is the question that this appeal calls upon us to answer.

The defendant, Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers),1 appeals from the Superior Court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Wayne DeMarco.2 On appeal, Travelers contends that in so ruling the hearing justice erred for two primary reasons, viz.:…