Legal Opinion
Chenard v. Commerce Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 2003PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
This case requires us to interpret a provision of the uninsured motorist law, G. L. c. 175, § 113L (5), which was added by the Automobile Insurance Reform Act of 1988. St. 1988, c. 273, §§ 46-47.
*4451. Background. The material facts are not in dispute. On November 16, 1994, Danielle L. Chenard (plaintiff) sustained injuries as a result of a collision with an uninsured motor vehicle. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff lived with her mother, Eunice Chenard, and was driving her mother’s 1989 Pontiac sedan motor vehicle. Eunice Chenard (policyholder) owned two motor vehicles, the 1989 Pontiac…
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- Goodman v. American Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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