Legal Opinion
Steelcraft, Inc. v. Bankers & Shippers Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 23, 1997No. CIV. A. 95-40220PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
The defendants, Bankers & Shippers Insurance Co., The Travelers Insurance Co., and Travelers Group, move for summary judgment on three separate and alternative grounds:
1. plaintiff failed to comply with the one-year federal statute of limitations, and this Court, therefore, lacks subject matter jurisdiction;
2. plaintiff failed to file a sworn proof of loss within 60 days of the date of the loss, did not obtain a waiver from the Federal Insurance Administrator and is, therefore, barred from bringing this action; and
3. plaintiff is not entitled to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- M.D. Phelps and Irene K. Phelps v. Federal Emergency Management AgencyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Harry Spence and Nancy Spence Fortner v. Omaha Indemnity Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Meister Bros., Inc. v. John W. MacY Jr., Director of Federal Emergency Management AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Christian Wagner and Rosemarie Wagner v. Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Ms. Dolphia Blocker, Mr. & Mrs. James Digby, Mr. & Mrs. William Frumovitz, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gomoll, Mr. & Mrs. Brian Grazer, Ms. Eleanor Mirsky, Mr. Pernell Roberts, Ms. Kara Knack v. Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Gerald Breslauer, Trustee of the Pacific Coast Highway Security Trust, and Robert Ferguson v. Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Samuel and Carolyn Black, Stephen and Brigette Bosustow, Sumi Tatsui, Anthony and Hedy Stute v. Director, Federal Emergency Management AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- West Augusta Development Corporation, a Corporation v. Louis O. Giuffrida, Director of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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