Central Mutual Insurance v. Boston Telephone, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The parties frame the issues in this case as requiring this Court to determine how far a general liability insurance policy may be stretched before it overlaps the obli--gations of a more specific motor vehicle insurance policy. In particular, they ask for line drawing — how far does general liability insurance extend to indemnify for that most ubiquitous of American misfortunes, the automobile accident? An altogether different issue, however, will ultimately prove dispositive.

The plaintiff, Central Mutual Insurance Company (“Central…