TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. v. MALEC

(13894)

215 Conn. 399 (1990)

THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY v. EDWARD J. MALEC, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF JOANNE M. MALEC), ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Naab, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Martin P. Gold and Richard H. Alden, with whom was J. Brian Gaffney, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, COVELLO and HULL, JS.


COVELLO, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court confirming a $1,000,000 underinsured motorist arbitration award. The sole issue is whether the insured properly elected to accept less uninsured motorist insurance than the statutory amount required by General Statutes § 38-175c (a) (2). We agree with the trial court's conclusion that the purported election was ineffective and affirm the judgment.

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