Legal Opinion
Calenda v. Allstate Insurance
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 12, 1986No. 84-384-AppealPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
This case is before the court on the plaintiff’s appeal from the granting of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff, Paul A. Calenda, brought suit against the Allstate Insurance Company alleging a wrongful failure to defend and indemnify him in a lawsuit that arose out of an automobile collision. The trial justice found that the plaintiff was not the real party in interest and went on to find that the plaintiff failed to present evidence upon which a jury could hold Allstate liable. We remand for a new trial.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anderson v. Continental InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- Levinson v. DeupreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Bibeault v. Hanover InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- A. Henry "Hank" Soar v. National Football League Players' AssociationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Marcotte v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Bartlett v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
- American Title Insurance v. East West FinancialCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Bushey v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1995
- John S. Pace v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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