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 […]
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 Town of Branford v. Arrowood Indem. Co., et al., 2014 WL 570906 (Superior Court, J.D. of Hartford, Jan. 14, 2014), the Connecticut Superior Court (Sheridan, J.) held that the defendant-insurers, Arrowood Indemnity Company and American Alternative Insurance Company, did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify their insured, the Town of Branford, under […]
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 […]
The Insurance Law Practice Group tried and won an insurance coverage dispute in the case of Cornish Contracting v. Travelers Indemnity Company of America, Docket No. KNL-CV-5001208. In Cornish Contracting, Travelers denied coverage to the plaintiff after the plaintiff gave late notice of a claim for wind and water damage to a commercial property in […]
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 […]
In the case of Wiretek, Inc. v. The Phoenix Insurance Company and The Travelers Indemnity Company (decision unpublished), the Connecticut superior court for the Judicial District of Hartford recently struck three causes of action from the plaintiff’s complaint, asserting waiver and violations of the Connecticut Unfair Insurance and Unfair Trade Practices’ Acts, respectively. Specifically, the […]
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 […]
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 […]