Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Faulkner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in a declaratory judgment action from an order of the trial court construing a garagekeepers’ legal liability endorsement to an insurance policy, which insured against loss to an automobile caused by “malicious mischief or vandalism,” to cover theft of three magnesium wheels and racing tires from an automobile entrusted to the garagekeeper and stored on his premises for repair.

On May 26, 1975, the trial court found the insurance policy ambiguous and ruled for the insured. The trial court’s memorandum opinion, filed May…