In-Towne Restaurant Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

These actions 1 were brought to recover under policies insuring against personal property and business interruption losses after the occurrence of two fires in a night club and restaurant operated by the plaintiff (In-Towne Restaurant Corporation) in Worcester. The defendant insurance companies appeal from judgments for the plaintiff and for the intervener, entered after a jury verdict, and from the denial of the defendants’ motions for a new trial.

The cases were submitted to the jury on two questions: “1) Were either of the fires that damaged or destroyed the plaintiff’s property on December…