Legal Opinion
Commerce Insurance v. Koch
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 9, 1988No. 87-314PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Commerce Insurance Company (Commerce) is the plaintiff in this declaratory action. It seeks an interpretation of a provision of the simplified or plain-talk 2 Standard Massachusetts Automobile Insurance Policy (2d ed. 1979) as applied to the situation described in a statement of agreed facts. The facts may be summarized as follows.
On October 4, 1982, defendants' Benjamin Gray and Victor Koch were riding in a 1976 Chevrolet Monza automobile owned by Victor. These were youths seventeen years of age. They had drunk vodka before setting out. Benjamin was driving with Victor in the passenger seat.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Messersmith v. . American Fidelity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance v. AbernathyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- VAPPI & CO. INC. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Bilodeau v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Cardin v. Royal Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Smartfoods, Inc. v. Northbrook Property & Casualty Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Wyner v. North American Specialty InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
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