Legal Opinion
Wilder v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided June 12, 1981No. 274-80PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the granting of defendant Aetna’s motion to strike from plaintiffs’ complaint allegations regarding the Vermont Consumer Fraud Act, 9 V.S.A. Chapter 6B and the Insurance Trade Practices Act, 8 V.S.A. Chapter 129. The trial court granted the motion on the ground that those allegations did not state a claim upon which relief could he granted; it struck the allegations.
The dispute arises from a settlement agreement following an automobile accident involving plaintiffs and defendants’ insured. Prior to trial on the merits, defendant insurance companies entered…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Commonwealth v. Monumental Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Mahaney v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
- Christie v. Dalmig, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1979
- Bowe v. EatonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977
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