Legal Opinion
Morin v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 24, 1984No. 81-265-AppealPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEYILACQUA, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs, Ernest A. Morin and Ruth Morin, brought this civil action against the defendants, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company et al, to recover for damages resulting from a fire and explosion to their home and its contents. The defendants asserted as a defense that the plaintiffs intentionally caused the fire and filed a counterclaim seeking both compensatory and punitive damages on the ground that the plaintiffs had been convicted of statutory burning, conspiracy to commit statutory burning, conspiracy to defraud an insurer, burning with intent to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Eagle, Star & British Dominions Insurance v. HellerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
- Schindler v. Royal Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Ruby WorthingtonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Asato v. FurtadoHawaii Supreme Court · 1970
- Sherman v. McDermottSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Palmisano v. TothSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1993
- Regan v. Cherry Corp.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1989
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