Trentini v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance

Appeal from an order and judgment of the Supreme Court (Nolan, Jr., J.), entered November 8, 2002 in Saratoga County, upon a decision of the court in favor of plaintiff.

Bruce Campbell, Jr. was driving a vehicle insured by defendant. After the vehicle stalled and Campbell could not restart it, he pushed the vehicle down a hill to a safer spot, pushed it to the shoulder of the road against a snowbank, turned on its hazard flashers, locked the doors and walked home. Approximately 15 minutes later, he returned in another vehicle and attempted to jump start the disabled vehicle. These attempts…