Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 6, 2001No. SC 16205; SC 16206; SC 16207PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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KATZ, J.
This appeal requires us to determine the scope and meaning of the “per occurrence” limit of liability under certain excess insurance policies issued by the defendant insurers1 to the plaintiff, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metropolitan). In particular, we must determine whether, under the circumstances of this case, there was one occurrence under the policies, namely, Metropolitan’s alleged failure to warn of the dangers of asbestos exposure, which resulted in bodily injury to the underlying claimants, or whether each claimant’s exposure was a separate occurrence. The…
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