Legal Opinion
Grande v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
District Court, D. Maine
Decided April 15, 2005No. CV-03-177BWPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
WOODCOCK, District Judge.
Claiming a failure to pay under an unissued trip insurance policy, a customer filed suit against an insurer and its agency for losses to a vessel damaged in transit. At the conclusion of the Plaintiffs case during a jury trial, the Defendants made an oral Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a). Because the Plaintiff produced no evidence trip insurance exists and would have been available to cover the claimed loss, and because any insurance contract, if issued, would have been voidable under…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Grande v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Grande v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2006