Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Lodge 97 v. Hanover Insurance

Petition for a declaratory judgment brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Hanover Insurance Company, its insurer under a “ Comprehensive Liability Policy, ” seeking a declaration that Hanover is required to defend and pay any judgment recovered in an action brought by John P. Hall against the plaintiff to recover for damages sustained in an automobile collision with a car driven by a guest of the plaintiff.

A second count added to Hall’s declaration alleges, in part, that in violation of a duty owed to its patrons and to the public, agents of the Elks negligently served the guest…