Legal Opinion

Breen v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 17, 1966PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtShannon, J.

This was a declaratory judgment action involving the coverage of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by the named defendant, hereinafter referred to as Aetna, to the plaintiff, covering, for a period of one year beginning September 21, 1958, a 1955 station wagon owned by him. The policy had been procured from Aetna’s New York office by John N. Ledbetter, a relative of the plaintiff, who was, and in the matter acted as, an insurance broker. He was not an Aetna agent. The plaintiff at all times lived with his wife, Marion W. Breen, at their home in Bronxville, New York, where the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
  2. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. SteckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  3. Hoxie v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
  4. Roomy v. Allstate Insurance CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  5. Spear-Newman, Inc. v. Modern Floors CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  2. Allstate Insurance v. HartCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  3. Whitfield v. Empire Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  4. Williams v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  5. Bensmiller v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995

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