Legal Opinion
Acadia Insurance v. Vermont Mutual Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 23, 2004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDana, J.
[¶ 1] Acadia Insurance Company appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) in favor of Vermont Mutual Insurance Company. Acadia contends that the court erred in concluding that an exclusion in a homeowner’s insurance policy precluded coverage for property damage that the insured caused by playing with matches in the bottle room of his employer’s store. We agree with the Superior Court and affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] In December of 1998 a fire destroyed part of F.T. Largay Inc.’s grocery store in Blue Hill. The fire started shortly…
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- Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. NunnCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994
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