HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY v. SHEDD


424 Mass. 399 (1997)

HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY v. MATTHEW D. SHEDD, administrator, & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Delano Boyle for the plaintiff.

Joseph R. Valle, Jr., for the defendants.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., O'CONNOR, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.


FRIED, J.

This case asks us to decide whether a named insured under a Massachusetts policy who elects not to obtain underinsured motorist coverage, and thus receives no such coverage, is entitled to such coverage under a policy issued to a household member when that policy may be understood to offer it. The plaintiff insurer, Hanover Insurance Company (Hanover), sought a declaratory judgment that it was not required to provide underinsured benefits in this case. A...

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