Legal Opinion
Mercedes Zee Corp. v. Seneca Ins.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 22, 2015No. 3:14-cv-00119 (JAM)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING DENYING CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Jeffrey Alker Meyer, United States District Judge
Was it vandalism or was it theft? That is a $2 million question that gives rise to this case about whether damages umicted by intruders inside a vacant building are subject to coverage under the terms of a commercial insurance policy.
One day in March 2013, the owner of- an empty commercial building in East Hampton, Connecticut found an unwelcome, súr-prise: intruders had broken into the building, extensively damaged the building’s interior and fixtures, and stolen copper pipe from inside the…
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