Kurker v. National Grange Insurance

This is an action in contract which was commenced in the Middlesex Superior Court and transferred to the Malden Division of the District Court Department for trial. The plaintiff sought breach of contract and G.L. c.175, §113 O damages .for the defendant-insurer’s unreasonable failure to satisfy the plaintiffs claim for the total loss of her stolen motor vehicle pursuant to the comprehensive coverage provision of the parties’ motor vehicle insurance policy.

At the close of trial, the defendant filed six requests for rulings of law predicated exclusively on allegations that the plaintiff had…