MAILHIOT v. NATIONWIDE MUT. FIRE INS.

No. 98-357.

740 A.2d 360 (1999)

Joseph MAILHIOT and Detra Coltey v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Meub and Michael E. Zeliger of Keyser, Crowley, Carroll, George & Meub, P.C., Rutland, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael J. Gannon and Joshua L. Simonds of Affolter Gannon & Flynn, Ltd., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present AMESTOY, C.J., and DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.


JOHNSON, J.

This case raises the issue of whether, when indemnification is sought from an insurance company, the fact that a plaintiff has claimed two distinct theories of recovery is sufficient to invoke the concurrent causation doctrine adopted in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Roberts, 166 Vt. 452, 697 A.2d 667 (1997), thus allowing for recovery under a policy despite the fact that one of the causes of the...

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