Legal Opinion
Cohn v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 30, 1990No. 13615PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCovello, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court confirming an $855,000 underinsured motorist. arbitration award. The dispositive issue is whether coverage for underinsured motorists contained in a business automobile liability policy insuring a number of individually listed motor vehicles may be combined or “stacked” in determining the total amount of coverage available to a single claimant. We conclude that such a result is beyond the reasonable expectations of the parties to the insurance contract and that “stacking” is inappropriate in the context of fleet automobile liability…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Cunningham v. Insurance Company of North AmericaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
- Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. StanfieldKentucky Supreme Court · 1979
- Nationwide Insurance v. GodeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Tucker v. Government Employees Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1973
- Lambert v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Covenant Insurance v. CoonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Wilson v. Security InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- CNA Insurance Co. v. ColmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Kent v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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