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MEAD v. BURNS

(12704)

199 Conn. 651 (1986)

BRIAN S. MEAD v. J. WILLIAM BURNS, COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Mulholland, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Louis B. Blumenfeld, with whom was Lorinda S. Coon, for the appellee (defendant Aetna Life and Casualty Company).

Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Robert M. Langer, assistant attorney general, filed a brief as amici curiae.

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, DANNEHY, SANTANIELLO and CALLAHAN, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The dispositive issue on this appeal is the scope of an insurance company's statutory liability for alleged failure to conduct a reasonable investigation of a property damage claim against its insured. The plaintiff, Brian S. Mead, brought an action under General Statutes § 13a-1441 against the named defendant J. William Burns, commissioner of transportation of the state of...

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