Legal Opinion
Nascimento v. Preferred Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 18, 2008No. 07-1792PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GELPÍ, District Judge.
Jack Nascimento appeals a district court judgment declaring that Preferred Mutual Insurance Company (“Preferred Mutual”) is under no contractual obligation to defend him in an environmental liability suit brought against him by his neighbors, Tia-go and Maria Leal. We affirm, albeit on slightly different grounds than those relied upon by the district court.
I. Relevant Factual and Procedural Background
On January 9, 1964, Nascimento purchased the property at 239 Hubbard Street, Ludlow, Massachusetts (“Nasci-mento’s property”). Nascimento’s property had been part of a…
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