Storms v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

(By special assignment pursuant to RSA 490:3.) This is a petition for declaratory judgment and an equitable proceeding to determine whether the defendant’s owners’, landlords’ and tenants’ policy requires the defendant to defend the plaintiff in a pending liability action and satisfy any adverse judgment. The trial court ruled that the defendant’s liability policy afforded no coverage after its voluntary cancellation by the plaintiff, that a reasonable person in the position of the insured would not expect the policy to provide coverage after cancellation, and that there was no mutual mistake…