Bowen v. Hanover Insurance

ROBERTS, Justice.

Paul C. Bowen appeals a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Chandler, J.) declaring that Bowen was not entitled to coverage under his homeowners policy issued by Hanover Insurance Company for damages that occurred when Bowen’s pickup truck inexplicably rolled from his yard into an adjacent street. Because we conclude that the court’s finding that Bowen’s truck was not “in dead storage” within the meaning of Hanover’s policy is not clearly erroneous, we affirm the judgment.

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In August 1989, Bowen’s truck rolled down the incline of his front yard into the…