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 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 […]

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 […]

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In the case of Wiretek, Inc. v. The Phoenix Insurance Company and The Travelers Indemnity Company (decision unpublished), the Connecticut superior court for the Judicial District of Hartford recently struck three causes of action from the plaintiff’s complaint, asserting waiver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 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 […]

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 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 […]