Provencal v. Vermont Mutual Insurance

The Superior Court (Perkins, J.) granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss this contract action brought to enforce an offer of settlement. On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting the motion because her pleadings demonstrated the existence of genuine issues of material fact warranting a hearing on the merits. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On August 26, 1981, the plaintiff, Theresa Provencal, was allegedly injured in a fall while on the property of Albert and Victoria Mesropian in Laconia. The Mesropians were insured by Vermont Mutual Insurance Company…