Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance v. Walker

The defendant, Pauline Walker, appeals the Superior Court’s (Barry, J.) grant of the plaintiff’s, Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Company, motion for summary judgment on its declaratory judgment action, which asserted that the statute of limitations barred the defendant’s claim. She argues that the trial court erred in ruling that RSA 508:4 (1983) (current version at RSA 508:4 (Supp. 1992)), which established a six-year statute of limitations for personal actions, barred her action for underinsured motorist coverage from the plaintiff. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

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