Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Elwell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 23, 1986PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOLNIK, Justice.
The plaintiff, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate), commenced this declaratory judgment action in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) pursuant to 14 M.R. S.A. §§ 5951-5963 (1980) seeking a declaration of its rights and obligations under an automobile liability insurance policy issued by Allstate to the defendant, Alan Elwell. The policy contains a so-called family exclusion that excludes from the insured’s liability coverage “bodily injury to any person who is related by blood, marriage, or adoption to an insured against whom a claim is made if such person resides in the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. WiscombWashington Supreme Court · 1982
- Baybutt Construction Corp. v. Commercial Union InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Hughes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1975
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. BolesIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
- Black v. SolmitzSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Peerless Insurance Co. v. BrennonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- Patrons Oxford Mutual Insurance v. MaroisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
- Union Mutual Fire Insurance v. Commercial Union InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
- Neil v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. KoshySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
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