Legal Opinion

Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. v. Boston Basement Technologies, Inc.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided November 9, 2009No. 08-P-576PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.

Boston Basement Technologies, Inc. (Basement Technologies), appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of its insurer, Admiral Insurance Company (Admiral), on Base*710ment Technologies’ claim for coverage of the cost of cleaning up an oil spill, performed at its request by Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. (Clean Harbors). We are asked to interpret the meaning of the insurance policy’s exclusion for certain pollution cleanup costs and the exception to that exclusion providing coverage for common-law property damage. We hold that certain cleanup costs may be covered as property…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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