Legal Opinion
Mele v. All-Star Ins. Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 24, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-2637PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
After a jury returned a verdict for defendants, plaintiffs in this action on an insurance contract have filed a post-trial motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, seek to recover insurance benefits for fire damage to a building located at 730-732 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, which they own and which was partially destroyed by fire on July 26, 1975. Defendants resist plaintiffs’ claim on the ground that the fire was of an incendiary origin and was caused to be set by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dan Lind v. Schenley Industries IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth v. NasutiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Howell v. Ohio Casualty Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Fiorangelo Spezialetti and Lorraine Spezialetti, Husband and Wife, D/B/A Spezi's Lorraine Spezialetti v. Pacific Employers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. MolloyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Republic Insurance Co. v. JerniganSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Cunningham v. COM., PENN. ST. POLICESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- McGory v. Allstate Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
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