State Farm Mutual Insurance v. Pitman

The defendant, Kenneth Pitman, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Sullivan, J.) granting summary judgment to the plaintiff, *500State Farm Mutual Insurance Co., denying uninsured motorist coverage under a policy owned by the defendant. We reverse and remand.

The trial court found the following undisputed facts. On the evening of December 31, 1999, the defendant, a police officer with the Manchester Police Department, worked a paid detail at Chantilly’s nightclub in Manchester. Throughout the evening, William Looney made two attempts to enter the nightclub, but was denied admittance. At some…