The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court considered whether the Massachusetts Attorney General’s settlement precluded recovery of punitive damages under the wrongful death statute for claims brought decades later.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected using a stipulated consent judgment from an underlying tort case as the basis for a bad faith damages award against the…
Environmental liability insurance coverage litigation. Insured public utility sought to recover defense, investigation and remediation costs incurred as a result of historical manufactured gas plant operations. The parties engaged in extensive motion…
Liability insurance coverage litigation involving negligent supervision claims against insured resulting from the sexual abuse of minors. Extensive motion practice concerning the applicability of professional and general liability coverage, including defense and…
Insurance coverage litigation involving insurer’s right to control the defense and hire defense counsel of its choice when it offered to defend the insured without reservation of rights. Legal issues included duty…
Insurance coverage litigation involving manufactured gas plant contamination of Massachusetts and Rhode Island sites by public utility. Legal issues included choice of law, duty to defend, statute of limitations and pollution exclusion.
Insured car owner, on behalf of himself and a purported class, brought action against insurer client alleging unfair and deceptive settlement practices in violation of Chapters 93A and 176D. The Superior Court…
Appeal concerning surety’s obligation under supersedeas bond, in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. The Court held that the bond covering a statutory award of attorneys’ fees could not be enforced where…
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