BURNE v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.


403 A.2d 775 (1979)

Paul C. BURNE v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau by Harold J. Friedman (orally), Joel C. Martin, Portland, for plaintiff.

Hunt, Thompson & Bowie by Roy E. Thompson, Jr. (orally), James M. Bowie, Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, and GODFREY, JJ.


ARCHIBALD, Justice.

This is an appeal by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (John Hancock) from a judgment awarded to the plaintiff as assignee of a life insurance policy. We sustain the appeal as it relates to the computation of both interest and attorney's fees and remand to the Superior Court for entry of a judgment consistent with this opinion.

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