CHARTER OAK FIRE INS. CO. v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.


782 A.2d 452 (2001)

344 N.J. Super. 408

CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Siegel & Siegel, P.C.; Siegel and Siegel, a Partnership; Gerald D. Siegel; Seymour Siegel, and William L. Patrick as Administrator of the Estate of William Patrick, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Butler, Jersey City, argued the cause for appellant (Stanley R. Bright, on the brief).

R. Peter Connell, argued the cause for respondent State Farm Insurance Company (Connell & Connell, attorneys; Mr. Connell, Manasquan, of counsel and on the brief; Laura C. Johnson, on the brief).

Christopher J. Carey, Morristown, argued the cause for respondents Siegel & Siegel and William L. Patrick (Graham, Curtin & Sheridan, attorneys; Mr. Carey and Patrick B. Minter, on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, WEFING and LESEMANN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

Defendant State Farm Automobile Insurance Company was Ronald Hatt's primary automobile liability insurer. Plaintiff Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Travelers Insurance Companies (Charter Oak), was the excess insurer. Following a liability trial in the underlying consolidated negligence action, the jury determined that Ronald Hatt was sixty...

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