Belanger v. Silva

This third-party civil action arose out of, but was severed from, an action for negligence commenced by Joseph and Viola Belanger against Armand G. Silva, doing business as Maple Hill Nursery, for injuries allegedly sustained when Viola slipped and fell while a business invitee on Silva’s premises. Before that action was tried, Silva impleaded his insurance agent, John J. Clarke Insurance, Inc. (defendant), as a third-party defendant, on the theory that it had breached an agreement to procure insurance covering him for claims like the Belangers’. The defendant in turn impleaded Shelby Mutual…