In Mervin Harris v. Hermitage Insurance Company, 2009 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2723 (Conn. Super. Ct., J.D. of Hartford at Hartford, October 13, 2009), the Connecticut Superior Court (Aurigemma, J.) held that the defendant-insurer did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, D&S Entertainment d/b/a The Bar with No Name ("D&S"), under a […]

The Insurance Coverage Group obtained a favorable summary judgment ruling in federal district court that the umbrella coverage part of a policy that was issued by Patriot General Insurance Company did not provide liability coverage in connection with an automobile-motorcycle accident.

In Acmat v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, a decision officially released on May 29, 2007, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that policyholders may only recover attorney’s fees in coverage litigation where the insured proves a claim of common-law or statutory bad faith. Up until now, most insureds had been asserting claims for attorney’s […]

In a summary judgment ruling, Bepko v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2331076 (D.Conn.2006) (Dorsey, J.), the District Court of Connecticut highlighted the degree of care insurers must exercise regarding the timing and delivery of a cancellation notice based upon nonpayment of premium. Bepko involved the construction of Connecticut General Statutes […]

In Royal Indemnity Company, et al. v. Pendleton King, et al., No. 3:03cv2178, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72654 (D. Conn. Sept. 28, 2007), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Underhill, J.) held that the defendant insurers did not owe a duty to defend or to indemnify their insureds, Pendleton King, Daphne […]

A common strategy of declaratory judgment defendants is to move to dismiss and/or stay an insurer's declaratory judgment action on the ground that the insurance coverage issues are more appropriately resolved in the underlying action.  Halloran & Sage successfully defended such a motion in the case of Mount Vernon Fire Ins. Co. v. Linarte, et […]

Halloran & Sage is pleased to provide continued support and funding to Capital Preparatory Magnet School’s Learn to Ski and Ski Racing programs, which offer students of the Hartford school the opportunity to participate in skiing and snowboarding. The programs provide equipment, lift tickets and lessons at Ski Sundown in New Hartford. Dan Scapellati has […]

In Hermitage Insurance Company v. Sportsmen’s Athletic Club, et al., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65138 (D. Conn. Aug. 25, 2008), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Bryant, J.) held that the plaintiff insurer did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, Sportsmen’s Athletic Club (“Sportsmen’s”), under a commercial […]

Following a trial to the court, Daniel Scapellati, of the Insurance Law Group, obtained a verdict in favor of their insurer-client in the case Carford v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2012 WL 4040337 (Conn.Super.), in which the plaintiff claimed that the insurer negligently failed to tender its $1,000,000 policy limit when it was […]

On December 24, 2012, the Court, Zemetis, J., granted Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company’s (“Empire”) Motion for Summary Judgment in a case involving an issue of first impression in Connecticut regarding the federally mandated MCS-90 endorsement.  The facts of the case can be summarized as follows: The plaintiff, Renee Martinez, filed a lawsuit against […]