WALMAC COMPANY, INC. v. Zurich Insurance Company

These two cases involve claims under fire insurance policies issued by the defendants. The cases were originally brought in the Sixth Division District Court where judgments were entered for the defendants. The plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court, and the cases were consolidated for trial and heard before a justice of that court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a general verdict for the defendant in each case, and then the plaintiff, without filing a motion for a new trial in either case, appealed to this court.

The pertinent facts are briefly as follows. The defendants each issued…