Steven Meyerowitz, founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc.
The Connecticut Supreme Court, rejecting a nearly 20-year-old precedent, has ruled that an automobile insurance policy containing underinsured motorist coverage as required by state law cannot validly exclude benefits to the insured when the owner of the underinsured vehicle is a rental car company designated as a “self-insurer” by Connecticut’s insurance commissioner.
The Case Sandra and Patrick Tannone were crossing the street when they were struck and seriously injured by an automobile. That automobile was a rental car owned by EAN Holdings, LLC, more commonly known as Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Enterprise had leased the vehicle to Barbara Wasilesky, but she was not driving at the time of the collision. The vehicle was instead operated by a permitted user named Arthur Huffman.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
