JOHNSON v. HANOVER INS. CO.


400 Mass. 259 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 845

SCOTT JOHNSON & others vs. HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Lynch, II, for Hanover Insurance Company.

James J. D'Ambrose (Francis J. Finnell with him) for the plaintiffs.

Thomas D. Dolan, for General Accident Fire Insurance Company, was present but did not argue.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

This is one of two cases we decide today which call for the interpretation and application of our decision in Cardin v. Royal Ins. Co., 394 Mass. 450 (1985). See Morrissey v. Peerless Ins. Co., post 1003 (1987). In Cardin, we held that a policy provision could not exclude an insured's recovery for losses caused by an uninsured motorist which the Legislature required be insured against...

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