Grenga v. National Surety Corporation

The plaintiffs are husband and wife. They are the named insureds in a homeowners policy issued by the defendant. In this civil action they seek damages because of their insurer’s failure to indemnify and defend them as the result of an assault and battery action instituted against them by their neighbors. The plaintiffs are before us on appeal from the granting by a justice of the Superior Court of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

The plaintiffs purchased the policy in 1966. It ran for three years and protected against liability for each occurrence of bodily injury and property…