Legal Opinion

Brazas Sporting Arms, Inc. v. American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 17, 2000No. 99-2055PublishedCited by 110 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

This is primarily a declaratory judgment action in which a firearms distributor sought a determination that it was entitled to defense and/or indemnity from its insurance carrier under its general liability poli cies for civil actions brought by or on behalf of gunshot victims on a general theory that several firearm distributors had negligently, willfully, knowingly, and recklessly flooded the firearms market. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the insurance carrier holding that the “products-completed operations hazard” exclusion provision applied…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Hakim v. Massachusetts Insurers' Insolvency FundMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  2. Polaroid Corp. v. the Travelers Indemnity Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  4. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Commercial Union InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  5. Jefferson Insurance Co. of New York v. City of HolyokeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987

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3Cited by110 opinions

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  2. B & T Masonry Construction Co. v. Public Service Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
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  4. Valley Forge Insurance v. FieldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  5. Clark School for Creative Learning, Inc. v. Philadelphia Indemnity InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013

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