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High Court Clarifies Self-Insured's Liability for Worker's Car Accident

By Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)

Friday, August 31, 2012 | 0

The limit of a self-insured municipality's underinsured motorist coverage for employees operating city-owned vehicles was the statutory minimum that it was required to provide, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled. Case: Garcia v. City of Bridgeport, No. 18460, 09/11/2012, published. Facts: Carlos Garcia sustained injuries in a car accident while driving a vehicle owned by his employer, the City of Bridgeport, in February 2004. The insurance carrier for the driver who caused the accident paid Garcia its policy limit of $20,000. Garcia's insurance carrier gave him an additional $30,000 t...

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