Legal Opinion
Bilodeau v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 17, 1984PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The issue presented by the two cases we review is whether, under a standard Massachusetts automobile insurance policy providing “per person” coverage for bodily injury as well as a higher “per accident” liability limit, an insurer that has exhausted its “per person” liability to a person sustaining bodily injury in an automobile accident is obligated to make additional payments within the “per accident” limit for loss of consortium claims by the victim’s spouse or children. We conclude that under the current wording of the policy a loss of consortium claimant is a separate “person” entitled…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Feltch v. General Rental Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Save-Mor Supermarkets, Inc. v. Skelly Detective Service, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Cormier v. HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- MacBey v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by89 opinions
- Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co., Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Worcester Insurance v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Izzo v. Colonial Penn InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Jacobs v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Royal-Globe Insurance v. CravenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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