Coltey v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.

The defendant, New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (NET), has filed an interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court’s (M. Flynn, J.) order denying its motion for summary judgment and thus requiring the self-insured employer to provide uninsured motorist coverage to an employee injured in a work-related accident. We reverse.

It is undisputed that the plaintiff, Moses J. Coltey, was injured in a work-related accident by a still unidentified hit-and-run driver during his employment with NET. He received workers’ compensation benefits for the injuries he sustained, but sought additional…