Legal Opinion
EKCO Group, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 10, 2001No. 01-1029PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This case presents, once again, see Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 260 F.3d 54 (1st Cir.2001), the vexing question of how to interpret an “advertising injury” clause in a general commercial liability (“GCL”) policy. EKCO Housewares, Inc., a subsidiary of EKCO Group, Inc. (collectively “the EKCO companies”), markets kitchen products, some of which it makes itself. Among its products are metal tea kettles, which are sold to K-Mart, a large, independent chain of retail stores. In 1998, Chantal Cookware Corporation of Houston, Texas, brought suit in federal…
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