Legal Opinion
Rullo v. Rullo
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided April 17, 1981No. 80-229PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
The issue in this civil case is whether an insurance company can rely upon the prior criminal conviction of its insured to collaterally estop a third party from litigating the issue of whether the act of the insured giving rise to the claim was negligent or intentional.
After a non-jury trial in the criminal case, the Strafford County Superior Court (Cann, J.) found Jessie Rullo guilty of the second-degree murder of her husband, Domenic Rullo. This court affirmed that conviction. State v. Rullo, 120 N.H. 149, 412 A.2d 1009 (1980). Subsequently, the administrator of the estate of Domenic Rullo…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. CherryNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. CherryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- State v. CorronSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
- Sanderson v. BalfourSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1968
- State v. RulloSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n v. NorringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Hopps v. Utica Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
- State v. PuglieseSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
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