The Connecticut Superior Court, Dooley, J., granted a motion to strike an insured’s bad faith claim in Trans-Clean Corp. v. Evanston Ins. Co., et al., No. FBT-CV-09-4028802 (Sept. 23, 2010).  In its complaint, the insured alleged that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company violated the duty of good faith and fair dealing by denying coverage […]

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 […]

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 Universal Underwriters Insurance Company v. Paradis, 285 Conn. 342, 940 A.2d 730 (2008), the Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of insurer, Universal Underwriters, in its declaratory judgment action. In that action, Universal sought a determination that there was no coverage under the umbrella part of the […]

In Selective Insurance Company v. Oliveira, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41660 (D.Conn. May 18, 2009), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted summary judgment to the carrier where the carrier asserted that, based upon the insured's lack of cooperation, it had no obligation to defend or indemnify the insured in three […]

In the matter of Robert Gatti v. Mary Foran-Knell, et al., CV-09-5030360-S, Attorney Joseph J. Arcata, III successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of the Firm’s client, Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, in an underinsured motorist coverage case which centered on a fleet policyholder’s election to reduce underinsured motorist benefits for the company’s employees. By way […]

Halloran & Sage prevailed on a Motion to Strike three extra-contractual counts brought against State Farm in an uninsured/underinsured motorist case. After having previously had their solitary extra-contractual claim stricken by the court, the plaintiffs replied, this time alleging, in three counts, breach of the covenant of good faith and faith dealing, violations of the […]

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 […]

In Northeast Utilities Service Co., et al. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., et al., No. 3:08–CV–01673 (CSH) (D. Conn., July 12, 2012), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Haight, J.) held that the defendant-insurers did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify the plaintiffs, Northeast Utilities Service […]

In Tina Perkins, Administratrix of the Estate of Tyrell Harris, et al. v. Hermitage Insurance Company, 2013 WL 951373 (Conn. Super. Ct., J.D. of Ansonia-Milford, Feb. 13, 2013), the Connecticut Superior Court (Matasavage, J.), held that the defendant-insurer, Hermitage Insurance Company (“Hermitage”), did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, Kangaroo’s Nite […]