Medical Professional Mutual Insurance v. Breon Laboratories, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

YOUNG, District Judge.

There are some who will see in this case a certain poetic justice. Here, the insurance company misreads the plain language of the Massachusetts Contribution Statute, fails in its obligations thereunder, and is thus denied contribution from an alleged joint tortfeasor, all because it did not obtain a proper release. Along the way, it also misses the applicable statutes of limitation.

The Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., The Medical Practice Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts (collectively the “Insurance Company”), and Anthony…