Robert Buttie v. Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated the Superior Court's confirmation of an arbitration award, finding the arbitrator’s allocation of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage irrational and a rewrite of the Norfolk policy, and ordered a pro rata distribution of the Norfolk policy proceeds among the parties with Travelers paying the remainder of the Cataldos' damages; Justice Flaherty concurred in part and dissented in part, agreeing with the writ of certiorari but opposing the vacatur.