Belanger v. MMG Insurance

Galway, j.

The plaintiff, Lauren Belanger, appeals an order of the Superior Court {McHugh, J.) determining that she was not a “resident” of her mother’s household when she was involved in an automobile accident. We reverse and remand.

The record reflects the following facts. In 2002, Belanger and two friends entered into a one-year lease for an apartment in Brighton, Massachusetts. In September, when the lease began, Belanger moved out of her mother’s home in Hampton, New Hampshire, and into the Brighton apartment. She was twenty-two years old at that time. Her reason for moving was that she…