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· 2/3/1976

Sabatinelli v. Travelers Insurance

Citations

  • 341 N.E.2d 880
  • 369 Mass. 674
  • 1976 Mass. LEXIS 877

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that a gun shot victim could not collect from auto insurer just because the shooter fired a gun from an inside a parked car
  • ruling that a gunshot victim could not collect from auto insurer just because the shooter fired a gun from inside a parked car
  • shooting plaintiff without provocation while seated in an automobile is not related to the use of the vehicle
  • shooting of a pedestrian by an individual seated in an automobile not sufficiently connected to the automobile to be deemed to have arisen out of its use
  • finding insufficient causal connection between plaintiffs injuries and the “use” of the automobile where the plaintiff was shot by the insured while the insured sat in his car
  • denying coverage where the insured, while sitting in his automobile, intentionally shot the plaintiff

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Judges: Hennessey, Kaplan, Qunuco, Wilkins

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