Estate of Day v. Hanover Insurance

The petitioners, the Estate of June M. Day (Estate), Byron S. Day and Stephanie L. Day, appeal the Superior Court’s (Tucker, J.) ruling that respondent Hanover Insurance Company’s (Hanover) consent to settle a claim by the petitioners with the insurer of a third party tortfeasor did not preclude Hanover from contesting its liability to provide the Estate underinsured motorist coverage under its insurance contract with the Estate’s decedent. We affirm.

The summary judgment record reveals the following pertinent facts. On September 18, 2007, June M. Day was fatally injured in a motor vehicle…