Legal Opinion
Town of Middleborough v. Middleborough Gas & Electric Department
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 3, 1996PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFried, J.
The plaintiff, the town of Middleborough, filed this action against the defendant, the Middleborough Gas and Electric Department (MG&ED), for damages arising out of a 1988 fire that partially destroyed a public school building owned by the town. As a result of the fire, the town suffered *584damages in excess of $4,000,000. The town’s property insurer, United Community Insurance Company (United), indemnified the town for its damage and the town subrogated its rights to United, who then initiated this action against MG&ED. The complaint alleges that MG&ED negligently failed to ground its…
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