Legal Opinion
Stor/Gard, Inc. v. Strathmore Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 31, 2013No. 12-1650PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Overview
This diversity case involves an insurance-coverage dispute, governed (the parties agree) by Massachusetts substantive law. On one side is SGI-Walpole, LLC and Stor/Gard, Inc. On the other is Strathmore Insurance Company. A federal magistrate judge (presiding by the parties’ consent, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)) granted Strathmore summary judgment, and SGI-Walpole and Stor/Gard ask us to take a second look. Exercising de novo review, we affirm, though our reasoning differs somewhat from the magistrate judge’s. See, e.g., RTR Techs., Inc. v. Helming, 707 F.3d 84, 92…
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