Legal Opinion

Rhode Island Insurers' Insolvency Fund v. Benoit

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided January 26, 1999No. 97-291-AppealPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

May the Rhode Island Insurers’ Insolvency Fund offset the amount due from an insolvent insurer in the event the claimant has not received full compensation for damages? The defendants, Raymond Peltier and Carol Peltier (Peltiers), as individuals and in their capacity as co-administrators of the Estate of Lisa Peltier (estate), have appealed the entry of a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the Rhode Island Insurers’ Insolvency Fund (fund).' The fund had filed a motion for summary judgment, and a defendant, Roger T. Benoit (Benoit), filed a cross-motion for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Accent Store Design, Inc. v. Marathon House, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  2. Bibeault v. Hanover InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  3. Mallane v. Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co. in SalemSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
  4. Sands v. Pa. Ins. Guaranty Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Hickerson v. Protective Nat. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Thomsen v. Mercer-CharlesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2006
  4. Indiana Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. BlickensderferIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  5. Indiana Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. DavisIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002

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