Maine Farms Venison, Inc. v. Peerless Insurance Co.

[¶ 1] Peerless Insurance Co. appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Lincoln County, Warren, /.), following a jury trial, awarding Maine Farms Venison, Inc. damages for the death of deer owned by Maine Farms and insured by Peerless. Maine Farms’s suit alleges, and the jury found, that the deer were killed by lightning, a covered loss under its insurance policy issued by Peerless. Maine Farms cross-appeals from the court’s (1) entry of a summary judgment in favor of Peerless on its claims of fraud and negligent misrepresentation; (2) entry of judgment as a matter of law in…