Ann & Hope, Inc. v. Taylor & Taylor Trucking

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

» This case comes before us on appeal by the plaintiff, Ann & Hope, Inc., from a jury verdict entered against the defendant, Taylor and Taylor Trucking. The jury had awarded plaintiff $132,078.91, but the trial justice allowed the defendant to rely on its benefit-of-insurance defense and subsequently reduced the award to $30,318.60. We reverse and reinstate the jury verdict.

The facts in this case are as follows. In 1980 plaintiff contracted to have defendant transport merchandise from New Jersey to plaintiff’s warehouse in Cumberland, Rhode Island over a period of three…