Town of Westbrook v. ITT Hartford Group, Inc.

Opinion

PETERS, J.

This civil appeal concerns the responsibility assumed by various insurers to defend a town against claims of tortious, contractual and statutory misconduct arising out of the termination of the town’s contract with an architect. The dispositive issue is whether the named insurers were entitled to summary judgment on their contention that the town did not qualify as an insured under the terms of the relevant policies. Contrary to the trial court, we conclude that the town was an insured and that the insurers’ motion for summary judgment should have been denied.

*769The plaintiff,…