Harter v. Reliance Insurance

ROWLEY, Judge:

Appellant, Jacqueline Marinelli (Marinelli), filed an action in assumpsit to recover the proceeds of a fire insurance policy. 1 The trial court directed a verdict in favor of Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance) on both Marinelli’s claim, and on Reliance’s counterclaim 2 , based upon a criminal conviction rendered against Marinelli on two counts of mail fraud, two counts of obstruction of justice, and one count of subornation of penury, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The charges arose out of the same insurance claim involved in the…