Commercial Union Insurance v. Frank Perrotti & Sons, Inc.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s granting of directed verdicts in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff Commercial Union Insurance Company (Commercial) brought an action against the defendants, seeking reimbursement for sums paid to the city of New Haven, under a contract of insurance, for repair of a bulldozer damaged by a fire at a city landfill. The city intervened as a party plaintiff, seeking reimbursement for the cost of renting a replacement bulldozer while the damaged bulldozer was under repair.1 The trial court directed the jury to render a verdict for the defendants because…