Newell-Blais Post 443, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc. v. Shelby Mutual Insurance

The plaintiff (Newell-Biais) sought a declaratory judgment in the Superior Court to establish the obligations of The Shelby Mutual Insurance Company (company) under the terms of an insurance policy issued by the company to Newell-Blais. After trial, at which the parties submitted a statement of agreed facts, the trial judge entered a judgment ordering the company to defend and indemnify Newell-Blais. The company appealed, and we transferred the case here on our own motion. We affirm that part of the Superior Court’s judgment that requires the company to defend Newell-Blais.

We summarize the…