Legal Opinion
Gleason v. Merchants Mutual Insurance
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 20, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-0694 SPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SELYA, District Judge.
This matter involves an action brought by five related plaintiffs: Francis P. Gleason and his wife, Patricia Gleason (collectively, the grandparents); their son and daughter-in-law, David and Sharon Gleason; and Kelly Gleason, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Gleason. The grandparents, at the times material hereto, were the named insureds in and under a certain automobile insurance policy (policy) issued by the defendant, Merchants Mutual Insurance Company (MM). Jurisdiction is bottomed on diversity of citizenship and the existence of a controversy in the…
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