Legal Opinion
Andrew Robinson International, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 10, 2008No. 08-1255PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity case, and the parties agree that Massachusetts law controls. The hostilities initially took the form of a garden-variety insurance dispute — but the case has now morphed into an interesting question about the preclusive effect (if any) of a declaratory judgment on a subsequent action for damages arising out of the same nucleus of operative facts. The district court determined that a final judgment in the original declaratory action barred the maintenance of the subsequent suit. After careful consideration, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
We glean the facts…
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