Morrison Grain Company, Inc., a Corporation v. Utica Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This lawsuit arose out of an insurance company’s refusal to pay an insurance claim for loss of and damage to a cargo of bagged urea being shipped from Romania to Mississippi. Although the subject matter of this action would undoubtedly not be considered too glamorous by most laymen, the matter is of obvious consequence to the parties involved and raises significant legal questions as well. The principal legal question involved in this case concerns the respective burdens of proof under a marine insurance policy insuring against “all risks of physical loss or…