Legal Opinion
Gulezian v. Lincoln Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 1987PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is the second of two cases we decide today dealing with the question whether excess liability insurance coverage drops down to replace primary coverage if a primary insurer becomes insolvent. See Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund v. Continental Casualty Co., ante 598 (1987).
*607In March, 1980, a fire in a Haverhill apartment building owned by the plaintiff caused injury and death to occupants of the building. Actions were commenced against the plaintiff, who was insured for general liability as to the apartment house to the amount of $500,000 by the Ambassador Insurance Company…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cody v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Van Dyke v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- August A. Busch & Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Slater v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- MacArthur v. Massachusetts Hospital Service, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co., Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Offices Unlimited, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Jet Line Services, Inc. v. American Employers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commercial Union Insurance v. Seven Provinces InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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