Legal Opinion
Essex Insurance v. Bloomsouth Flooring Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 2009No. 06-2750PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a coverage dispute between Essex Insurance Company and its insured, BloomSouth Flooring Corpora tion. Essex brought a declaratory judgment action claiming that, pursuant to “business risk exclusions” in its policies, it had neither a duty to defend nor a duty to indemnify BloomSouth in connection with an underlying state court action against BloomSouth. The magistrate judge, presiding by mutual consent, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), granted Essex’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the pertinent exclusions relieved Essex of both its duties to…
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