Burgess Farms v. New Hampshire Insurance Group

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Burgess Farms brought this suit to recover from New Hampshire Insurance Group (hereinafter “New Hampshire”) under a policy which covered, among other perils, vandalism and malicious mischief. New Hampshire contended that because Burgess Farms could not prove the destruction of its property was willful and malicious the loss was not covered. In the alternative, Burgess Farms sought recovery from the Taber-McDonald Insurance Agency, Inc. (hereinafter “Taber-McDonald”) and Greg McDonald, who procured the policy from New Hampshire for Burgess Farms. The gist of this cause of…