Legal Opinion
Mead v. Burns
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 20, 1986No. 12704PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue on this appeal is
the scope of an insurance company’s statutory liability for alleged failure to conduct a reasonable investigation of a property damage claim against its insured. The plaintiff, Brian S. Mead, brought an action under General Statutes § lSa-1441 against the named defend*653ant, J. William Burns, commissioner of transportation of the state of Connecticut, to recover compensatory damages because the plaintiffs truck was damaged when it slid and overturned on an ice covered highway. The plaintiff joined with this cause of action two counts against the defendant…
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