Meador v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.

The plaintiffs Richard Meador and Kimberly Meador appeal: (1) a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant Cincinnati Insurance Company ("Cincinnati"); and (2) the denial of the plaintiffs' postjudgment motion for a new trial. We reverse and remand.

In April 2003, the plaintiffs sued Cincinnati for breach of contract.1 The plaintiffs alleged that they had sustained a theft loss on May 20, 2002, when they were insured against such a loss by a policy of renter's insurance issued to them by Cincinnati ("the policy"); that they had given Cincinnati timely notice of their theft…