Vaiarella v. Hanover Insurance

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the plaintiff, Italia Vaiarella, is a member of her son’s household for the purpose of receiving underinsured motorist coverage under the son’s automobile insurance policy with the defendant, the Hanover Insurance Company, when the plaintiff moved to another State but intended to spend part of every year in her son’s home. A judge of the Superior Court, after a bench trial, concluded that she was not a member of the son’s household. Judgment entered for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed, and we transferred the appeal to this court on our…