Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Shernow
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 14, 1992No. 14422PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCovello, J.
The principal issue in this appeal from a declaratory judgment is whether professional liability (malpractice) insurance covers injuries sustained by a patient when a dentist, in the course of treatment, sexually assaulted her, having overcome her ability to resist through misuse of anesthesia. We conclude that the trial court correctly determined that professional liability insurance covered the injuries sustained in this incident and, therefore, affirm the judgment.
The parties agree that the plaintiff, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), issued an insur*825anee policy to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Public Service Mutual Insurance v. GoldfarbNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Marx v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
- Zipkin v. FreemanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Hirst v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceIdaho Court of Appeals · 1984
- Smith v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Princeton Insurance v. ChunmuangSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. TorpocoTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- New Mexico Physicians Mutual Liability Co. v. LaMureNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
- Lindheimer v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Daniel J. Millstein, Defendant-Counter-Plaintiff-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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