Legal Opinion
Porn v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 23, 1996No. 95-2197PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Having successfully sued his insurer, National Grange Mutual Insurance Company (“National Grange”), six months earlier for breach of contract in refusing to pay his claim for underinsured motorist benefits incurred during a July 1990 car accident, plaintiff-appellant Daryl E. Porn brought this diversity action in Maine’s federal district court against National Grange seeking additional damages for its alleged mishandling of his underinsured motorist claim. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of National Grange based on the doctrines of collateral estoppel…
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