Rubenstein v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Introduction

We are at the final phase of this very long declaratory judgment action. The case encompasses the effort to obtain liability insurance coverage by the plaintiffs (the Trustees) who are trustees of a trust which for many years owned real property in Newton, Massachusetts (the Property). In particular, the Trustees have sought to establish that they were entitled to defense and indemnity coverage from five different insurance companies which the Trustees believed had insured the Property at various points during the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. The coverage sought related to a lawsuit…