Galgano v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The dispositive question in this reservation asks whether, under the underinsured motorist provision of the plaintiffs insurance policy, the plaintiff was entitled to compensation, for bystander emotional distress arising from his having witnessed bodily injury to his son, to the extent of the “each person” bodily injury coverage limit applicable to the plaintiff, when the defendant already had paid to the plaintiffs son the full amount of the “each person” bodily injury limit available to the son and the policy provided that the maximum amount that the defendant was required…