Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 25, 2002No. CIV.A.2001-10327-RBCPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (# 30)
COLLINGS, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On January 15, 2001, defendant Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch LLP (“BSKB”), Leonard R. Svensson (“Svensson”) and Bernard I. Sweeney (“Sweeney”) filed a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R.Civ.P. (# 30) and a memorandum in support thereof (# 31), contending that the action should be dismissed because, as a matter of law, an insurer has no standing as a subrogee to sue for legal malpractice. Defendants’ motion presents and relies upon matters outside the pleadings,…
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