GRE Insurance Group v. Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc.

CYR, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether an insurance carrier has a duty to defend and indemnify its insured against lawsuits currently pending in Massachusetts courts under two Comprehensive General Liability insurance policies. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the carrier, and the insured appeals. Concluding, on the present state of the record, that the carrier must fulfill the first of these duties, i.e., the duty to defend the lawsuits, we reverse and remand.

I. Background

Appellee…