Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 18

Negligence. Ronald Rawls and Zabian Bailey were in an auto accident in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bailey rear-ended Rawls at a stoplight. Evidence showed that it was very likely Bailey had failed to apply his brakes in time to avoid the collision, to turn his vehicle to avoid the collision, and to keep his vehicle under control. Rawls filed a suit in a Connecticut state court against his own insurance company, Progressive Northern Insurance Co., to obtain benefits under an underinsured motorist clause, alleging that Bailey had been negligent. Could Rawls collect benefits from Progressive? Discuss. [ Rawls v. Progressive Northern Insurance Co., 310 Conn. 768, 83 A.3d 576 (2014)] (See Negligence.)