Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. v. Libby
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 9, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDMAN, Justice.
Philip A. Zukatis appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) declaring that State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. (“State Farm”) has no duty to defend or indemnify Thomas Libby or Dorothea Dube for claims resulting from an automobile accident in which Zukatis was injured. Zukatis contends that Libby made a premium payment by placing a check in the mail five hours before the cancellation deadline. Even if Libby did mail a check in payment of the policy premium before the cancellation deadline, he could have had no expectation that…
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