Phipps v. American Employers' Insurance

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The plaintiff, Dean H. Phipps, has a judgment after verdict for him in an action brought against American Employers’ Insurance Company of Boston on a policy of fidelity insurance for loss on account of an alleged larceny or embezzlement by one of his employees. The defendant has appealed, complaining of the refusal of its motions for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial, and the controlling question involved is whether the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.

By the terms of the policy, defendant undertook to pay the plaintiff “the amount of any direct…