Legal Opinion
DiMercurio v. Sphere Drake Insurance, PLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 31, 2000No. 99-1470PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to evaluate the validity of an arbitration provision contained in an insurance policy issued by London-based appellee Sphere Drake Insurance PLC for coverage on a Massachusetts fishing boat. Appellant Francesco DiMercurio, a fisherman who was injured when the boat sank, claims that the arbitration clause is unenforceable for various reasons, among them that Massachusetts law voids provisions in insurance policies that deprive the commonwealth’s courts of jurisdiction over the insurer. See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, §§ 3, 22. The district court…
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