Legal Opinion
Chicago Insurance v. Lappin
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 7, 2003No. 01-P-792PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Chicago Insurance Company (Chicago) rescinded a malpractice insurance policy issued to attorneys Robert Lappin and Stanley Brooks and denied its duty to defend them. After a bench trial in Chicago’s action seeking a judgment declaring its right to do so, a judge of the Superior Court found the policy to be in force and Chicago to be in breach of its duty. Various subsidiary rulings alternately salted and soothed the parties’ wounds, bringing us here.
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A. Background. Reserving some matters for later discussion, we take our facts from the trial judge’s largely uncontested factual findings.…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in Its Corporate Capacity v. Gus S. Mijalis, and Gus S. MijalisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Polaroid Corp. v. the Travelers Indemnity Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Worcester Insurance v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Yorke Management v. CastroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Commerce Insurance v. GentileMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
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