Legal Opinion
Jipson v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 20, 2008No. Docket: And-07-320PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSilver, J.
[¶ 1] Craig Jipson appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Gorman, J.) granting Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company’s (Liberty Mutual) motion for summary judgment. Jipson contends that Maine’s underinsured (UM) vehicle coverage law requires Liberty Mutual to pay the full amount of its UM coverage without setoff when the injury merits such recovery. We affirm because we conclude that Maine’s UM law is a gap-filling statute and therefore find that Liberty Mutual is liable up to its policy limits for the amount by which the UM coverage exceeded the coverage…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Connolly v. Royal Globe InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. ValleeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Tibbetts v. Maine Bonding & Casualty Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- York Ins. Group of Maine v. Van HallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
- Jack v. TracySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
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