Rosnick v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the Superior Court granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denying a similar motion made by the plaintiff. The action was brought for a declaratory judgment to determine whether the “hit-and-run” clause in the uninsured motorist provisions of an automobile insurance policy issued by the defendant was in derogation of the statutory minimum requirements for such coverage so that the plaintiff, Anita E. Rosnick, was in fact covered for injuries sustained in an accident.

The facts of the case are not in dispute. On September 14, 1970,…