Legal Opinion
DeOliveira v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 3, 2005No. SC 17132; SC 17169PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
This consolidated action1 is the culmination of fifteen years of litigation between the plaintiff, Antonio DeOliveira, and the defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, resulting in multiple lawsuits alleging, in essence, that the defendant unreasonably delayed its processing of the plaintiffs workers’ compensation claim, thereby causing him to suffer psychological injuries in addition to his physical injury. The action comes before this court, emanating from two separate actions, in the form of five questions certified to us by the United States District Court for the…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Mingachos v. CBS, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Suarez v. Dickmont Plastics Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Unruh v. Truck Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Vaughan v. McMinnSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
- CHARLES J. VACANTI v. State Comp. Ins. FundCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. RuttigerTexas Supreme Court · 2012
- Kelly v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- Eder Bros. v. Wine Merchants of Connecticut, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- Pizzuto v. Commissioner of Mental RetardationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Desmond v. Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2010
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