Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance v. Shan Trac, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 31, 2003No. 02-1543PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
On March 8, 2000, a large rental van driven by Yury Shkolnikov crashed into a median barrier in Clark County, Nevada. Eight of the van’s thirteen passengers were killed, and the other five, including Shkolnikov and his wife, were seriously injured. Shkolnikov had a Massachusetts automobile insurance policy issued by Metropolitan Property and Casualty Company (“Metropolitan”) that provided a maximum of $300,000 of coverage per accident. Faced with the prospect of claims in excess of the policy, Metropolitan commenced a statutory interpleader action in the district court of…
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