Legal Opinion
Pep Boys v. Cigna Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided April 28, 1997PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
D’ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.
This is a dispute about liability insurance coverage. It arises out of the death of Richard Parks, Jr.
On May 25,1990, the decedent, Richard Parks, Jr., his younger brother and another boy decided to purchase freon because the brother had heard that it could “get you high.” At that time, decedent was seventeen years old, the brother was fifteen, and the third boy was fourteen.
The three boys proceeded to the Pep Boys store in Howell Township, New Jersey because the decedent’s brother knew that it carried freon, which was used in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Voorhees v. Preferred Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
- Kievit v. Loyal Protective Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
- Mazzilli v. Acc. & Cas. Ins. Co. of WinterthurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Westchester Fire Ins. Co. v. Continental Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Sears Roebuck and Co v. Nat. Un. Fire Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2001
- Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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