Legal Opinion

Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance v. Cleary Consultants, Inc.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 16, 2011No. 10-P-1360PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCohen, J.

Cleary Consultants, Inc., and its president, Mary Cleary (collectively, the Cleary defendants), appeal from a summary judgment entered in Superior Court in favor of their insurer, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Norfolk), declaring that Norfolk had no duty to defend the Cleary defendants in a case filed against them by Rebecca A. Towers at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).2 Like the motion judge, we conclude that Towers alleged claims within the coverage of Norfolk’s policy. However, unlike the motion judge, we conclude that an exclusion relied upon…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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  2. Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  3. Fabre v. WaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  4. Worcester Insurance v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  5. Terrio v. McDONOUGH HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983

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