Legal malpractice policy must defend a lawsuit against law firm by former partners.
MA Law | Insurance Coverage Cases
Mass. Court Rules Inherent Diminished Value Not Recoverable Under Standard Auto Policy’s Property Damage Coverage
The standard auto policy’s property damage coverage does not apply to third-party claims for an auto’s inherent diminished value, a federal court rules.
Surety Recovers $250k on Personal Indemnities for Bond Payments to Claimants with No Right To Payment
A surety’s good faith payments on invalid claims did not bar it collecting on the general indemnities of the principal’s owners.
Court Nixes Extending Advertising Injury Coverage to a Trademark Infringement Suit
A federal court has decided what it called “a sophisticated insurance coverage question” involving the scope of the CGL’s intellectual property exclusion.
National Fire Obtains Reversal of a $400,000 Award against it for Attorney Fees and Interest on an Uncovered Claim
A $400,000 judgment under the supplementary payments provision of a commercial liability policy ordered reversed by the Appeals Court.
