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WHITNEY v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.

No. 85-176.

562 A.2d 467 (1989)

Donna Lee WHITNEY v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith Harlow Liccardi & Crawford, P.C., Rutland, for plaintiff-appellant.

Allan R. Keyes and Mark H. Kolter of Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

MORSE, Justice.

In 1978 a jury awarded plaintiff, Donna Whitney, $21,000 damages for loss of consortium. Her husband had been injured in a 1973 motorcycle accident caused by the negligence of Beatrice Fisher. Mr. Whitney was awarded nearly $110,000 in that action. The defendant, Nationwide, as Mrs. Fisher's insurer, paid Mr. Whitney $20,000, the policy limit for each person injured in an occurrence. Nationwide refused to...

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