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· 5/23/1990

General Accident Insurance Co. of America v. Olivier

Citations

  • 574 A.2d 1240
  • 1990 R.I. LEXIS 110
  • 1990 WL 66790

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that claimant, who was shot 117 feet away while waiting to speak to police, was “occupying” vehicle
  • finding that a passenger was \occupying\ the vehicle for coverage purposes when she was shot and killed outside the vehicle while being interviewed by a police officer about an accident involving the car she had been riding in
  • allowing coverage for person talking to police regarding accident when shot by driver of car which had previously collided with car in which she had been a passenger
  • uninsured motorist fatally shot victim while she stood beside road after their cars collided; uninsured motorist coverage sustained
  • “It was her status as a passenger in the insured vehicle that precipitated the whole unfortunate series of events.”
  • “It was her status as a passenger in the insured vehicle that precipitated the whole unfortunate series of events.”

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Judges: Weisberger

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