Legal Opinion
Skaling v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 8, 2002No. 2000-325-AppealPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOLDBERG, Justice.
On August 26, 1996, the plaintiff, Robert Skaling (plaintiff or Skaling), filed a four-count complaint in Superior Court against the defendant, Aetna Insurance Company (defendant or Aetna), alleging a breach-of-contract by Aetna for its refusal to pay underinsured motorist insurance benefits and insurer bad faith in the investigation and handling of Skaling’s claim. 1 The count alleging insurer bad faith was severed from the breach-of-contract claim. A jury found that Skaling’s injuries were proximately caused by the negligence of the underinsured tortfeasor, awarded…
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