Maine Bonding & Casualty Co. v. Knowlton

COLLINS, Justice.

Kevin and Debra Knowlton (“the Knowl-tons”) and Edward Martel appeal from a Superior Court (York County, Brennan, J.) summary judgment declaring that the plaintiff, Maine Bonding and Casualty Company (“the Insurer”) is not required to defend or indemnify the Knowltons in a personal injury suit brought by Martel. The Superior Court found that the Insurer’s notice of cancellation, although defective under the governing statute, effected a termination of the Knowltons’ policy sometime before the date of Martel's injury. Because we interpret the statute differently, we vacate and…