LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. TAVAREZ

No. 2000-405-APPEAL.

797 A.2d 480 (2002)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Bartolo TAVAREZ, Administrator of the Estate of Bartolo A. Tavarez.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Patrick Healy, Foster, for plaintiff.

Gerard M. DeCelles, Smithfield, Joseph C. Manera, Jr., Cranston, for defendant.

Present: LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

FLANDERS, J.

When an insurer providing uninsured motorist (UM) coverage has denied its insured's claim and failed to arbitrate the same, choosing instead to litigate whether the UM claim is covered by the policy, can the court that declared the existence of coverage for the claim — and then ordered the parties to arbitrate it — enter a judgment for the insured that includes prejudgment...

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