Rischitelli v. Safety Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an assault after a car collision did not arise from the use of the car, but instead from the anger of assailant
• stating that “the expression ‘arising out of indicates a wider range of causation than the concept of proximate causation in tort law”
• finding that the plaintiffs claims for violation of Chapter 176D and Chapter 93A were not viable where coverage under the relevant insurance policy was found not to exist
• finding no causal connection “when a battery [was] committed following the collision of two motor vehicles”
• “ ‘arising out of’ indicates a wider range of causation than the concept of proximate causation in tort law”
• injury did not arise out of use of automobile when injury resulted from assault and battery following automobile accident

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Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Open Software Foundation, Inc., and Hewlett Packard Company v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
  First Circuit· 2002-11-13· cited 218×
• Brazas Sporting Arms, Inc. v. American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance
  First Circuit· 2000-07-17· cited 114×
• Merchants Insurance Co. of New Hampshire, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  First Circuit· 1998-05-01· cited 112×
• Bagley v. Monticello Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-12-15· cited 81×
• Ruggerio Ambulance Service, Inc. v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-16· cited 67×
• Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance v. Fitchburg Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-08-18· cited 42×
• Commerce Insurance v. Ultimate Livery Service, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-11-26· cited 31×
• Specialty National Insurance v. OneBeacon Insurance
  First Circuit· 2007-05-23· cited 28×
• Fuller v. First Financial Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-12-14· cited 24×
• Vermont Mutual Insurance v. Zamsky
  First Circuit· 2013-10-09· cited 23×
• Peterborough Oil Co. v. Great American Insurance
  D. Massachusetts· 2005-10-28· cited 22×
• Massamont Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance
  First Circuit· 2007-06-07· cited 20×
• California Automobile Insurance v. Hogan
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-10-29· cited 18×
• Johnson v. Modern Continental Construction Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-06· cited 18×
• United National Insurance v. Parish
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-10-08· cited 17×
• Assetta v. Safety Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-08-06· cited 15×
• White v. American Casualty Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-25· cited 15×
• Home Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-07· cited 14×
• Sterngold Dental, LLC v. HDI Global Insurance Co.
  First Circuit· 2019-07-02· cited 13×
• Phoenix Insurance v. Churchwell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-03-24· cited 13×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-11-07· cited 207×
• Continental Western Insurance Co. v. Klug
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1987-12-04· cited 133×
• GOV. EMPLOYEES INS. CO. v. Novak
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-07-12· cited 110×
• General Accident Insurance Co. of America v. Olivier
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-05-23· cited 65×
• New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-07-17· cited 48×
• Ganiron v. Hawaii Insurance Guaranty
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1987-11-24· cited 35×
• Sabatinelli v. Travelers Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-02-03· cited 25×
• Foss v. Cignarella
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1984-07-12· cited 23×
• Travelers Insurance v. Safeguard Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-01-07· cited 22×
• Blair v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-09-10· cited 20×
• Hamidian v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-05-22· cited 19×
• Roe v. LAWN AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-06-09· cited 17×
• Perry v. Chipouras
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-05-03· cited 15×
• Mangum v. Weigel
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1981-01-13· cited 13×
• Cummings v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-25· cited 13×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Agrippino
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-25· cited 8×

Other cases named Rischitelli v. Safety Insurance

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Rischitelli v. Safety Insurance
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1995-03-21· cited 1×