JMP Associates, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

MARVIN H. SMITH, Judge, Specially Assigned.

We shall here hold that under the facts in this case the “on” requirement in a jeweler’s block policy that an “employee or sales personnel [be] in or on the vehicle at the time of the loss” is ambiguous. 1 (Emphasis added.)

Petitioner JMP Associates, Inc. (JMP) sued respondent The St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (StPaul) in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for breach of contract under a jeweler’s block policy. We conclude that the trial judge erred in holding the term “in or on” unambiguous and in granting summary judgment in favor of…