Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Estate of Carey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 25, 2012PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and LEVY, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.
Concurring: SILVER, and JABAR, JJ.
LEVY, J.
[¶ 1] This appeal arises from a motor vehicle collision involving Roger T. Linton and James Carey that resulted in Carey’s death. At the time of the collision, Linton was driving a truck owned by Jonathan Jennings, for whom Linton worked as an independent contractor. Jennings’s insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, filed a declaratory judgment action against Carey’s Estate and Linton to determine whether it was responsible for liability coverage and obligated to defend and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America v. Metropolitan Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Norton v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Johnson v. American Automobile InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1932
- Progressive Northern Insurance v. Concord General Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2005
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. LyonsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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