Hanover Insurance v. Treasurer & Receiver General

The plaintiff, Hanover Insurance Company (Hanover), appeals from an amended judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the defendant, the Treasurer and Receiver General (referred to by the parties as the Department of the State Treasurer for the Commonwealth [department]), following a jury-waived trial at which the judge found Hanover hable on certain employee dishonesty bonds (bonds) and ordered payment by *726Hanover to the department of approximately $847,191.47 plus interest and costs.

On appeal, Hanover claims that it should be relieved of liability on the bonds because (1) the…