The Travelers Indemnity Company v. Harriet A. Eitapence

JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Harriet A. Eitapence appeals from the May 16, 1990, judgment of the District Court for the District of Vermont (Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Chief Judge) granting summary judgment in favor of The Travelers Indemnity Company (“Travelers”) in a diversity suit seeking a declaration of nonlia-bility under the uninsured motorist provisions of an auto insurance policy. Chief Judge Billmgs ruled that Eitapence had lost her uninsured motorist coverage by settling her suit against the party causing her injuries without obtaining Travelers’ consent, as required by the policy,…