Legal Opinion
Collins v. Colonial Penn Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 28, 2001No. SC 16123PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
This case requires that we address the manner in which a trial court treats an uninsured motorist settlement in relation to a subsequent award of damages by a jury for a single indivisible injury by joint tortfeasors. The plaintiff, Carol Collins, was injured in a multicar accident, and brought an action against the defendants, Raymond A. Sardinas and Raymond D. Sardinas,1 and her uninsured motorist carrier, the named defendant Colonial Penn Insurance Company (Colonial Penn), alleging negligence on the part of both the defendant and the unidentified driver of another…
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