Travelers Insurance v. Cremin

This is a Dist/Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A, Rule 8B, appeal by the defendant-insured of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff-insurer on its claim for reimbursement for insurance payments made to the defendant for the total loss of her automobile. The plaintiff contended that the defendant obtained a second payment for the same loss in the settlement of an independent civil action she subsequently brought against the tortfeasor.

On August 2,1995, defendant Maureen Cremin was involved in a horrific automobile accident in which her car and a second passenger vehicle were both struck by a…