Legal Opinion
Colford v. Chubb Life Insurance Co. of America
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 3, 1996PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
Chubb Life Insurance Company of America (Chubb) appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Kravchuk, J.) awarding plaintiff Carroll Colford compensatory and consequential damages for the breach of an insurance contract. Chubb contends that the court erred as a matter of law in concluding that two conditions of the contract issued to Colford, conditions that Colford did not meet, did not preclude contract recovery. Colford cross-appeals from the judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of Chubb on Colford’s claim for intentional infliction of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Andrew Whelan v. Tyler AbellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Baybutt Construction Corp. v. Commercial Union InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Vicnire v. Ford Motor Credit Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Peerless Insurance Co. v. BrennonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Bryan R. v. Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
- Seaco Insurance Co. v. Davis-IrishCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- American Employers' Insurance v. Delorme Publishing Co.District Court, D. Maine · 1999
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