Butterfield v. Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance

[¶ 1] Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co. appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Humphrey, J.) in favor of Gregory L. Butterfield, on three counts of Butterfield’s five-count complaint. Norfolk argues that the court erred by holding that provisions of the automobile insurance policy, issued by Norfolk, violate Maine’s uninsured motorist statute, 24-A M.R.S.A. § 2902(1) (2000), impermissibly limiting *862Gregory’s recovery to injury or damages sustained by persons named in the contract. We disagree and affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] This case presents a narrow,…