Welch Foods, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance

The plaintiff, Welch Foods Inc. (Welch), brought this action against the defendant insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (Liberty Mutual), after Liberty Mutual declined to reimburse Welch for Welch’s claimed defense costs in its litigation of an underlying action. In Count I, Welch seeks a declara-toiy judgment that Liberty Mutual had a duty to defend Welch in the underlying action and breached that duty, Count II alleges breach of a duty of good faith and fair dealing under the policy, and Count III alleges violations of G.L.c. 176D and G.L.c. 93A. Presently before this court is Welch’s…