TOWN OF ALLENSTOWN v. NATIONAL CAS. CO.

No. 94-1106.

36 F.3d 229 (1994)

TOWN OF ALLENSTOWN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn R. Milner with whom Cook & Molan, P.A., Concord, NH, was on brief, for appellant.

John A. Lassey with whom Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Chiesa, Manchester, NH, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In May 1986, an officer of the Allenstown, New Hampshire, Police Department arrested Paul Cutting for a number of traffic offenses. At trial Cutting was acquitted of all charges. In April 1988, counsel for Cutting and his wife wrote a letter to the Allenstown Board of Selectmen advising that his clients were making a claim for damages against the town, arising from the arrest.

At that time the National Casualty Company had in force a...

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