Andrade v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

Michael Andrade, an injured employee of a corporation that was insured by Aetna Life & Casualty Company (Aetna), sought coverage under the uninsured motorist provisions of the corporation’s standard commercial automobile insurance policy. The Superior Court, upon cross motions for summary judgment, determined that Andrade was not an “insured” under the policy provisions because he could not be considered a relative living in the household of the named insured when the named insured is a corporation. Judgment was entered for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed.

The dispositive facts,…