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Insurance Coverage: Connecticut Supreme Court holds plaintiffs not entitled to recover underinsured motorist coverage benefits for their alleged PTSD and reverses lower court’s decision to reduce the plaintiff’s awards by the sums received in settlement of dram shop claim

The plaintiffs, State Troopers working for the Connecticut State Police, appealed to the Connecticut Supreme Court after the Appellate Court held (1) that they were not entitled to recover underinsured motorist coverage benefits for their alleged PTSD and (2) that…

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INSURANCE COVERAGE: Superior Court grants defendant’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the defendant clearly defined the policy limits and that plaintiff is not entitled to further recovery

This action arises out of a dispute over underinsured motorist benefit coverage where the plaintiff already recovered workers’ compensation benefits in excess of the limits of the available coverage. The defendant, J&B Hunt Transport, Inc., an auto self-insurer, argued that…

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MOTOR VEHICLE LAW: Court grants motion to strike finding that Graves Amendment barred claim of negligence against owner of vehicle in the trade of leasing vehicles where no allegation of negligence or criminal wrongdoing

The Superior Court granted a motion to strike a complaint, finding that the Graves Amendment barred the action for negligence against owner of vehicle that was in the business of leasing or renting vehicles.  The Graves Amendment, as deemed constitutional…

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