Dyer v. Herb Prout & Co.

The plaintiffs appeal a jury verdict in the Superior Court {Gray, J.) for the defendant, an insurance company, on a cause of action sounding in negligence. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant, Herb Prout & Company, Inc., should have recommended that Mary Ann Dyer obtain uninsured motorist coverage of $500,000 to match the amount of her liability coverage. We vacate the trial court’s verdict and remand for a new trial.

The plaintiffs are Mary Ann Dyer and her husband, Joseph A. Dyer, the administrator of the estate of Amanda Dyer, the couple’s ten-month-old daughter. The injuries for which…